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title: "Tidy for Writers template — Tidy"
description: "A complete writing studio for novelists, screenwriters, and content creators. Applies into its own \"Writing Studio\" workspace — your CAST lives as rich…"
url: https://www.tidy.engineering/templates/tidy-for-writers
last_updated: 2026-09-17T22:18:04.000Z
---

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![Tidy for Writers](https://www.tidy.engineering/marketplace/tidy-for-writers/hero-tidy-for-writers.webp)

Personal template

# Tidy for Writers

A complete writing studio for novelists, screenwriters, and content creators. Applies into its own "Writing Studio" workspace — your CAST lives as rich Character cards (faces, not rows), your plot, chapters, and settings as interlinked facets, with a Kanban plot board, a story timeline, and a Table-of-Contents that ties it all together. Ships pre-seeded with a fully-worked sample story so no page ever lands empty.

writing creative solo

[Request access](https://www.tidy.engineering/?template=tidy-for-writers#waitlist)

Tidy is in private beta. Request an invite to use this template.

## What it looks like

- [![The Plot Board kanban with Backlog, Needs Refinement and Assigned to Chapter columns holding named story beats.](https://www.tidy.engineering/marketplace/tidy-for-writers/plot-board.webp)](https://www.tidy.engineering/marketplace/tidy-for-writers/plot-board.webp)

  Every beat on a board — from the ones you're still circling to the ones already placed in a chapter.
- [![The Plot Timeline laying story beats out horizontally in story time.](https://www.tidy.engineering/marketplace/tidy-for-writers/plot-timeline.webp)](https://www.tidy.engineering/marketplace/tidy-for-writers/plot-timeline.webp)

  The same beats in story time, so you can see the shape of the rising action instead of guessing at it.
- [![The Chapter List table showing chapters with point of view, word count and drafting status.](https://www.tidy.engineering/marketplace/tidy-for-writers/chapter-list.webp)](https://www.tidy.engineering/marketplace/tidy-for-writers/chapter-list.webp)

  Your manuscript chapter by chapter, with point of view, word count and drafting status on every row.
- [![The Settings & Locations table listing the places the story inhabits.](https://www.tidy.engineering/marketplace/tidy-for-writers/settings-locations.webp)](https://www.tidy.engineering/marketplace/tidy-for-writers/settings-locations.webp)

  The places your story lives in, held once and wiki-linked from every scene that uses them.

## What you get

- 5

  Facets

  Character, Plot Event, Chapter, Setting / Location, Theme
- 6

  Notes

  Story Overview, Characters, Plot Events, Chapters, Story Settings, Worldbuilding
- 6

  Saved views

  Plot Board, Plot Timeline, Character Gallery, Chapter List, Settings & Locations, Themes
- 1

  Folder

  Manuscript
- 6

  Pins

  📖 Story Overview, 👥 Characters, 🎬 Plot Events, 📚 Chapters, 🗺️ Story Settings, 🌍 Worldbuilding
- 5

  Content templates

  New Character, New Plot Event, New Chapter, New Setting/Location, New Theme
- 5

  Content templates.facet

  New Character, New Plot Event, New Chapter, New Setting/Location, New Theme