Big Ideas: A Planner for Creatives

Daily To-Do List
Annual Deadline Calendar
Goals vs. Milestones
Five-Year Plan
Project Card: Short Fiction
Project Card: Fanfiction
Word Count Calculator
Invoice Tracker
Swallow the Frog!
Story Seeds
88 Self-Care Ideas
To be added

Big Ideas is a modular planner intended for creatives, especially writers of speculative fiction. It combines disability-centered worksheet pages and planner templates for project management.

Last updated: May 20, 2023 – Added “Swallow the Frog!” worksheet.

Daily To-Do List

Plan out your daily tasks with this worksheet.

Designed to help you lower the bar for yourself and consider how long it will take to do something.
Work session tracker helps you collect data on how long it actually took you to complete a task.
Spaces for notes and encouragement help minimize distractions and keep your mood resilient.

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Annual Deadline Calendar

Maintain a big-picture view of your deadlines with this calendar.

Pages divided into quarters and weeks.
Blank spaces allow you to customize what day the week starts on.

Annual Deadline Calendar (pg. 1) — Annual Deadline Calendar worksheet preview

Annual Deadline Calendar (pg. 2) — Annual Deadline Calendar worksheet preview

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Goals vs. Milestones

Learn how to set achievable goals and distinguish goals from milestones with this worksheet.

Goals vs. Milestones (pg. 2) — Goals vs. Milestones worksheet preview

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Five-Year Plan

Break down what steps you need to take to achieve long-term goals with this worksheet.

Five-Year Plan (pg. 2) — Five-Year Plan worksheet preview

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Project Card: Short Fiction

Keep track of information, specifications, and submissions on short fiction projects.

Project Card - Short Fiction (pg. 2) — Project Card: Short Fiction worksheet preview

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Project Card: Fanfiction

Keep track of information and specifications on fanfiction projects.

Project Card - Fanfiction (pg. 2) — Project Card: Fanfiction worksheet preview

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Word Count Calculator

Calculate how many words you need to write per day to complete your project by your specified due date and keep track of your writing progress.

Word Count Calculator (pg. 2) — Word Count Calculator worksheet preview

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Invoice Tracker

Keep track of invoices with this worksheet.

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Swallow the Frog!

This worksheet is designed to help you figure out what’s blocking you and driving your procrastination. As it’s rather long, it’s meant more for large or intimidating tasks that you’ve been putting off for a while, rather than small tasks that you can probably get done in the span of time it’d take to fill out the worksheet.