{"id":59,"date":"2022-05-06T16:35:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T16:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bootstrapindie.com\/?p=59"},"modified":"2022-05-06T16:35:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T16:35:00","slug":"three-cozy-mystery-authors-share-their-planning-and-outlining-methods-with-free-printable-pdfs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bootstrapindie.com\/?p=59","title":{"rendered":"Three Cozy Mystery Authors Share Their Planning and Outlining Methods (With Free Printable PDFs)"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhDAVtTda0WWFlurBUDQ630_XzrvPON6u9boDSQddM29BdJsRxpFOCQNYZM0kHggUqmWp6wX5vwHaJ19_pbv9P-fQ67pV_2HMEHblozvV36D_Tlj1ItZvoHOZ463f7C02QQiMKfHsyewoRRlNcbIJ0J2sSdEOpOEMe7z2Zl_y-X3YzYf78EHtNioyhMrQ\/s600\/printable%20outlines.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"496\" data-original-width=\"600\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhDAVtTda0WWFlurBUDQ630_XzrvPON6u9boDSQddM29BdJsRxpFOCQNYZM0kHggUqmWp6wX5vwHaJ19_pbv9P-fQ67pV_2HMEHblozvV36D_Tlj1ItZvoHOZ463f7C02QQiMKfHsyewoRRlNcbIJ0J2sSdEOpOEMe7z2Zl_y-X3YzYf78EHtNioyhMrQ\/w640-h530\/printable%20outlines.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Josefin Sans; font-size: large;\">Are you sitting down to write your first (or fifth) cozy mystery and don&#8217;t know where to start organizing your ideas into an outline?&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Josefin Sans; font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Josefin Sans; font-size: large;\">Is there a formula for writing cozy mysteries you can use to structure your story?&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Josefin Sans; font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Josefin Sans; font-size: large;\">If only you could print out a fill-in-the-blanks organizer to plot and outline your cozy mystery.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Josefin Sans; font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Josefin Sans; font-size: large;\">Well, you can! Three cozy mystery authors have generously shared their methods for outlining and plotting their cozies complete with free PDFs to download:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ninaharrington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Combined-Story-Plan-for-a-Cozy-Mystery.pdf\" style=\"font-family: &quot;Josefin Sans&quot;;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nina Harrington<\/a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Josefin Sans&quot;;\">&nbsp;(PDF)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Josefin Sans; font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Josefin Sans; font-size: large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/143PBC_CrJdO_x6ciW_6kzKmz5XyM_-TIXGOjFAXSj50\/edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elizabeth Spann Craig<\/a>&nbsp;(PDF)<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Josefin Sans; font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/christinafarley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Mystery-Plot-Outline.pdf\" style=\"font-family: &quot;Josefin Sans&quot;;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christina Farley<\/a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Josefin Sans&quot;;\">&nbsp;(PDF)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Josefin Sans;\">Additional Reading<\/span>&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ticket2write.tripod.com\/id28.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: Josefin Sans;\">Classic Twelve Chapter Mystery Formula<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Josefin Sans; font-size: large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtowriteacozymystery.com\/2021\/07\/nine-essential-elements-of-cozy-how-to.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Nine Essential Elements of a Cozy Mystery<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you sitting down to write your first (or fifth) cozy mystery and don&#8217;t know where to start organizing your ideas into an outline?&nbsp; Is there a formula for writing cozy mysteries you can use to structure your story?&nbsp; If only you could print out a fill-in-the-blanks organizer to plot and outline your cozy mystery.&nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-cozy-mystery-genre"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bootstrapindie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bootstrapindie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bootstrapindie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bootstrapindie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bootstrapindie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bootstrapindie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bootstrapindie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bootstrapindie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bootstrapindie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}