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The Novel Writing Toolkit: The Novel Writing Workbook, the Plot, Character, and World Building Workbooks, and The Revision Manual
The Novel Writing Workbook, 4th edition, coil bound
A spread from The Novel Writing Workbook
The Character Workbook
Interior pages from The Character Workbook
The Plot Workbook
Interior pages from The Plot Workbook
The World Building Workbook
Interior pages from The World Building Workbook
The Revision Manual
Interior pages from The Revision Manual
The Novel Writing Organizer Notion template, included, on a laptop
The full Novel Writing Organizer home page
The Novel Writing Toolkit: five books and a Notion template
What the print Toolkit includes: five print books, the digital editions, the printables, and The Novel Writing Organizer
What's inside The Novel Writing Toolkit
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The Novel Writing Toolkit: Print Edition

The whole Saint Violet series for novelists in one order, with a Notion workspace to keep it all in. The Novel Writing Workbook takes a book from the first idea to a finished draft, with each craft at the depth a first draft needs; The Plot Workbook, The Character Workbook, and The World Building Workbook each take one part of a novel and work it at depth; and The Revision Manual takes the finished draft through revision, one pass at a time, from structure to the final proof. The Novel Writing Organizer, a Notion template, is where the decisions from all five books live while you write.

See the demo: open The Novel Writing Organizer in Notion
A view-only copy of the Notion template that comes with the Toolkit, with its sample novel in place.

The five books share one design and one working vocabulary, and each points to the others where the work crosses over. Start with The Novel Writing Workbook, turn to a craft workbook when a problem outgrows its pages, and open The Revision Manual once the draft has an ending.

The print edition is five softcover books, printed to order, and it includes the instant download of all five books and the Notion template, so you can start while your books are printed.

$165.00
Print edition

Five 7 × 10 in softcover books with black-and-white interiors, 1,008 pages in all: The Novel Writing Workbook (298 pages, coil bound), The Plot Workbook (182 pages), The Character Workbook (170 pages), The World Building Workbook (174 pages), and The Revision Manual (184 pages), the last four perfect bound. Each book is printed to order and may ship separately.

Instant download (included)

Digital editions: all five books as PDFs with full-color covers, linked indexes, section bookmarks, and fillable worksheets, for GoodNotes, Notability, and other PDF annotation apps. Printables: each full book set up for printing at home and each book's Worksheets Bundle, 219 worksheets and 30 reference pages in all, plus the twelve Bonus Worksheets from The Novel Writing Workbook, in US Letter, A4, and A5.

Notion template (included)

The Novel Writing Organizer: 13 linked databases and a 31-page user guide. Runs on Notion's free plan; requires a free Notion account.

The Novel Writing Workbook

The whole novel at working depth: ideas and premise, character, plot and structure, setting, research and outlining, the drafting process, scenes, prose, point of view and tense, the story bible, and finishing the draft. 60 worksheets, 11 reference pages, and twelve case studies.

The Plot Workbook

Building story through cause, consequence, and change. The five forces of plot, from premise to story question, structures from three acts to kishōtenketsu, scenes and rhythm, and diagnostics for the faults you can feel. 40 worksheets and 4 reference pages.

The Character Workbook

Constructing identity through tension and transformation. Wants and needs, the wound and the lie, arcs, relationships and the cast, voice and the body, and full character outlines. 40 worksheets and tools and 6 reference pages.

The World Building Workbook

Building worlds through logic, texture, and tension. The social world; place and time; rules, technology, and magic; the world on the page; and the world bible. 40 worksheets and tools and 6 reference pages.

The Revision Manual

Revising a finished draft in passes: diagnosis, the structural pass, the scene and character pass, the line and copy pass, and other readers and the decision to finish. 39 worksheets and 3 troubleshooting reference pages.

The Novel Writing Organizer

A Notion workspace for one novel, built around scenes, with characters, beats, research, a Story Bible, revision debt, and door notes all linked to the scenes where they matter, plus a sample novel and a 31-page user guide.

The complete series

The Toolkit holds every book in Saint Violet's series for novelists. Each is also sold on its own, and the three craft workbooks are sold together as The Craft Workbook Bundle. If you already own some of the books, buy the others singly or take the bundle.

Also as an instant download

The Novel Writing Toolkit is also sold as an instant download: the digital editions and printables of all five books and the Notion template, without the print copies.

Includes The Novel Writing Organizer

The Notion template is included here, so there's no need to buy it separately.

Print edition

The five books are printed to order and shipped by our print partner, Lulu, and may arrive in more than one parcel. Printing takes 3–5 business days, then your order ships with tracking, and the tracking link is emailed to you.

Shipping is calculated at checkout. US orders over $50 ship free.

Because each copy is made to order, we can't accept returns or exchanges for a change of mind. If a book arrives damaged or misprinted, or doesn't arrive, email hello@saintvioletcreative.com within 30 days of shipping with your order number and a photo, and we'll send a replacement.

Instant download (included)

Right after you order, you'll get an access PDF on the order confirmation page and in your confirmation email, with the links to the files for all five books and the Notion template, and a short guide to using them.

Instant downloads can't be returned or refunded. If a file won't open or a link stops working, email hello@saintvioletcreative.com and we'll send a working copy.

Saint Violet is an independent creative studio for artists and writers building a more durable creative practice through tools, publications, workshops, and systems for attention, experimentation, and actual follow-through.

The Novel Writing Toolkit: Print Edition

$165.00

The Complete Saint Violet Collection

If you find yourself coming back for more than one or two of these, the whole shop is available as a single instant download, built around the five books that take a novel from first idea to finished manuscript and growing with each new release, so anything made later arrives in the same library at no extra cost.

$250.00, one link to the whole library

Five books for novelists
  • The Novel Writing Workbook
  • The Plot Workbook
  • The Character Workbook
  • The World Building Workbook
  • The Revision Manual
Planners and ebook
  • The Creative Planner
  • Writing Notes
  • The Defiant Creative Process (ebook)
Zines and mini planners

Five zines and five mini planners.

Planner inserts

All 181 planner inserts, plus the 19 collections and folios built from them.

Notion templates

All three Notion templates, including The Idea Archive and The Novel Writing Organizer.

Bonuses

Bonus files, plus each new product as it's released.

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Books & Zines8 items
Planners & Notebooks11 items
Calendars4 items
Planner Inserts200 items
Planner Insert Sets19 items
Notion Templates5 items
Objects & Apparel13 items
The Novel Writing Toolkit13 items
Gifts36 items
New Arrivals22 items
By purpose
Writing66 items
Planning103 items
Visual Art & Design35 items
Business & Freelance28 items

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