Free author resources
Plan the next step for your book.
At a glance
Download practical templates for family memoirs, business books and manuscript preparation. Use the planning check to prepare questions for your own project. Downloads are available immediately, with an optional route to discuss writing, editing or publishing support.
Watch three short author lessons
Original silent demonstrations with on-screen explanations, English captions and complete transcripts. Examples are invented for teaching.
Prepare a cover brief
Record the design decisions before a cover proposal.
Watch the cover lessonPlan nonfiction chapters
Connect reader questions with evidence and exercises.
Watch the outline lessonUnderstand an edit
Compare structural, sentence and proof questions.
Watch the editing lessonStart with the worksheet for your book
Use these free resources before you commission writing, editing or production. Download a printable PDF or an editable text file. You can use them independently or bring the completed brief to a project conversation.
For families and life stories
Family memoir interview workbook
Prepare a first conversation with a parent or grandparent: twenty open questions, a source log, narrator review and decisions about private or public use.
For founders and professionals
Business book brief template
Define the reader, the problem your book will help them solve, your central argument, supporting examples and the material available for interviews.
For authors with a draft
Manuscript readiness checklist
Separate manuscript development, editing, permissions, book details and production proofs. Identify the work to discuss before requesting a publishing proposal.
Find the next questions for your manuscript
This planning check turns your selections into a short brief. It does not review your manuscript or certify that a book is ready to publish. Your selections stay in this browser until you choose to submit an enquiry.
Your project questions
You can edit the brief before submitting it. For scope and pricing, use the enquiry form; this check does not send a message.
Explore books from the collection
Start with the existing Greenfield project collection and the supplied cover details. These examples show different book subjects and directions you can discuss.
Bring a useful brief to your enquiry
Tell us who the book is for, what material exists, where you need support and any timing constraints. You can build a book brief online before contacting us. Ask which services, revision rounds, approval stages, files and responsibilities will appear in the written proposal.
Keep personal source material and unpublished manuscript pages out of a first enquiry until you have agreed how they will be handled. You can request confidentiality terms before sharing them.
Using and sharing these resources
These original Greenfield planning worksheets are free to download for your own book. Writing groups, coaches and family-history communities may share a link to this page or the original downloads. When distributing an unmodified copy, retain the Greenfield name and resource link. They are planning aids; technical requirements should be checked with your chosen publishing platform.
The interview workbook draws on the Oral History Association’s consent guidance. The production checklist links to the current KDP paperback formatting and ebook formatting guidance. These links provide guidance, not an affiliation or endorsement.
Prepared with AI assistance. Editorial standards and corrections.