Saint Violet makes containers for creative work. A workbook holds one part of a project at depth: the plot, a character, a world, a revision. A planner insert holds one job for as long as you need it: an idea, a deadline, a submission. A zine holds one problem you keep running into: burnout, rest, time, taste. Pick the container that matches the trouble you’re in.
Three principles
01
Work moves in seasons. Planning by the calendar year assumes you’ll want the same pages in March that you wanted in January. Plan by the project and its phase instead.
02
A stuck project usually needs a smaller question. Most of the tools here break one big problem into a page you can fill in this afternoon.
03
Finishing is a skill you can practice. Revising, releasing, and stopping each get their own tools, because each one is where projects go to die.
Where to start
Writing a novel and the draft has stalled
The Novel Writing Workbook, then the Plot, Character, and World Building Workbooks
Holding a finished draft you don’t know how to fix
The Revision Manual
Coming back after burnout or a long gap
Tender Machinery, then On Creativity Vol. 2
Working in bursts and losing track of time
On Creativity Vol. 3 and The Creative Planner
Carrying more ideas than you can use
Seed Collecting and the idea capture inserts
Halfway through something that stopped moving
The Stalled Project Folio
Getting work out the door: a book, a show, a release
The Release Folio or The Exhibition Folio
Wanting a planner that fits how you actually work
DIY Planners
Not ready to buy anything
The Violet Underground, free
Just looking
Everything in the shop
