Project Templates

Comments: 34

• 03 Dec, '17
  Nina Light

  With enough flexibility that we can add our own headings and icons? Dream world!

• 02 Apr, '18
  E wood

  It would be nice to have a script template with formatting standard functions.

• 06 Sep, '18
  Jennifer

  Yes! I use The Novel Factory for this currently, as they have templates in their program and also have them available to the public for free on their website. Unfortunately, that program isn't ideal for all of the features I'm looking for.

• 03 Nov, '18
  Tammy

  I would love to be able to save a project as a template to use with other novels so I don't have to input the same information (chapters, scenes, ect...) over and over again.

• 05 Apr, '19
  Mahalia Gosla Merged

  To plug in an outline the entire novel plot in detail. This will be organize world building, weapons, magic systems, character groups/ tropes, and plot.

• 08 Apr, '19
  Jacob from Dabble Admin

  "outline Template" (suggested by Mahalia Gosla on 2019-04-05), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 10 Aug, '19
  Danielle

  I would like to be provided standard templates that can be modified. I'd also like to be able to modify or create and save my own templates for repeated use.

• 13 Aug, '19
  Jon Donley

  I work on a mix of short stories, novels and non-fiction, and would love to be able to have more custom plotting capability/templates for this.

• 05 Feb, '20
  R. B. Wood Merged

  Basic templates for various Genres, three-act structure, etc.

• 08 Apr, '20
  Jacob from Dabble Admin

  "Adding Templates" (suggested by R. B. Wood on 2020-02-05), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 11 Oct, '20
  Peter

  This would be great- Save the Cat. KM Weiland's structure, Heroes Journey etc

• 31 Oct, '20
  Eva Merged

  Snowflake method, Save the Cat, Hero's Journey, Romancing the Beat, Three Act Story

• 03 Nov, '20
  JohnBredesen Admin

  "Plotting Templates" (suggested by Eva on 2020-10-31), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 07 Feb, '21
  Keith Merged

  I'd like to see Dabble having a facility to set up a story template. My book series are 16 or 20 chapter layouts with 3 scenes per chapter and set plot points. It's a pain to set up each book from scratch.

• 13 Feb, '21
  JohnBredesen Admin

  "Import/Save Story Templates" (suggested by Keith on 2021-02-07), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 18 Mar, '21
  Patrick

  I'd just like to be able to create a project that I can copy/save with another name. That way I can build my own structure using Parts/Chapters/Scenes with my beats outline, then "save as" and start filling in the blanks.

• 25 May, '21
  Lisa

  I would love a "Save As template" functionality in the system for projects.

• 09 Sep, '21
  Anaya Merged

  I'd like to be able to create my own templates, from an entire manuscript down to something like a scene card. This is a feature that I've heard being touted as a gamechanger in Scrivener, and I can see why. Customization is powerful!
  
  An example: I just finished getting my manuscript set up. (E.g. my book is split into acts, and I have folders for research, backstory, notes, etc). It's personalized to me. I'd like to have a way to turn this into a template that I can apply in the future (on more than one project, too).
  
  Or for things like character questionnaires or scene cards. I'd like to be able to design these, define them as templates, and then be able to use them over and over at the click of a button. You know, so I can spend more time on the writing itself!! :)
  
  (Also, totally unrelated, but thanks to Dabble for letting us suggest features and creating such an awesome community! It's one of the reasons I'm really liking this software--I feel I'm in good hands! :)

• 11 Sep, '21
  JohnBredesen Admin

  "Creating Our Own Templates!" (suggested by Anaya on 2021-09-09), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 21 Oct, '21
  Carey Vincent Merged

  Can you add a cook book format with section options that you can add like "bread, Poultry, etc". Would be great to have different templates with options to add pictures.

• 23 Oct, '21
  Lisa M Russell Merged

  Not everyone is writing a book. How about some templates for essays, articles, blogs, reviews, etc?

• 24 Oct, '21
  JohnBredesen Admin

  "Other templates" (suggested by Lisa M Russell on 2021-10-23), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 24 Oct, '21
  JohnBredesen Admin

  "Cook book format" (suggested by Carey Vincent on 2021-10-21), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 01 Nov, '21
  Carla P Latimer Merged

  Give templates With prompts and opening statements that relate to various writing styles, persuasive, narratives, etc.

• 03 Nov, '21
  JohnBredesen Admin

  "Create Custom Templates to import in any project" (suggested by Bena on 2021-10-19), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 03 Nov, '21
  JohnBredesen Admin

  "writing style templates" (suggested by Carla P Latimer on 2021-11-01), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 06 Feb, '22
  Rachel Merged

  an outline template in the plotting section that has the basic outlines of a story to work off of depending on the genre.

• 12 Feb, '22
  JohnBredesen Admin

  "outline template" (suggested by Rachel on 2022-02-06), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 17 Feb, '22
  JEmmons Merged

  It would be really great to have genre preset templates according to basic story structure elements. For example, in the 'plot section' you could have pre-built blueprints containing plot points such as 'inciting incident', 'call to action', etc. in accordance with what is conventional in that genre (e.g. romance, crime, fantasy). Even without the genre aspect, just having placeholder structure elements in the plotting grid would be really helpful.

• 18 Feb, '22
  JohnBredesen Admin

  "Genre presets (story templates)" (suggested by JEmmons on 2022-02-17), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 24 Mar, '22
  Chrsitopher

  In lieu of Project templates, I'm creating a new Project as a template, the manuscript refined, and then I will use it as an export to Word then import i to the next new project. The only thing lacking is the ability to import the Plot (I've tried using the Plot Export to Word--and it works--but I didn't succeed in pasting it in as an import the way you can with Manuscripts.

• 24 Jun, '22
  Allison Yancy Admin

  "Plot and story templates (example plot grids)" (suggested by JEmmons on 2022-06-24), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 11 Jul, '22
  Allison Yancy Admin

  "Story Structure Templates" (suggested by Faithe Hamm on 2022-07-09), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 01 Sep, '22
  AC Wilds

  I'd love to see this as a customizable option - making your own templates instead of something like Scrivener or other softwares have. Mine aren't complicated and that's the reason I love Dabble because it's so simple to navigate - there aren't 40000 boxes I have to fill in before I can start writing. Basically something I can fill out with all my information and then create my manuscripts based on that. I do this anyway, but it would great to not have to repeat the process with every manuscript and save a bit of time.