PlotCanvas — Milanote-Style Idea Board for Writers
Productivity Templates

PlotCanvas

An infinite idea board built for writers — characters, plots, scenes and mood boards on one visual canvas, with relationship maps and templates most free tools don't offer.

£15.00 one-time purchase
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DeliveryInstant download
FormatSingle offline web app
Works onAny browser, any device
SubscriptionNone — buy once
Best forNovelists, screenwriters & story planners
CategoryProductivity Templates

The Idea Board Free Tools Cap At

Milanote's free plan runs out of boards and elements fast. Trello has no visual canvas at all. Sticky notes fall off a real corkboard, and a folder of scattered documents was never built to show you how your characters and plot actually connect. PlotCanvas is a single-file idea board built specifically for fiction — plan on an infinite canvas, then buy it once and keep it forever.

Everything runs entirely in your browser. Nothing is ever uploaded, there's no account to lose access to, and no subscription that stops working if you miss a renewal.

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8 Purpose-Built Card Types
Sticky notes, idea cards, full character profiles (goal, conflict, arc), plot points with status tracking, scene cards with word counts, checklists, image/mood boards, and reference links.
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Relationship Connectors
Draw labeled lines between characters and plot points — "mentor of", "betrays", "drives" — to map your story's web at a glance. Free idea boards rarely offer this at all.
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Sections & Multiple Boards
Group cards into resizable, labeled sections for acts, chapters or themes. Keep a separate board per book, or duplicate a finished one as a starting point for your sequel.
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5 Built-In Templates
A full character sheet, a 3-act outline, a 5-scene starter list, a mood board section, and a pre-linked relationship map — a running start whenever you open a fresh board.
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Search, Tags & Color Coding
Tag any card, color-code by plot thread or POV character, then filter your whole board with live search that dims everything that doesn't match.
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Full Undo/Redo, Dark & Light Theme
A complete history stack for every change, rubber-band multi-select, full keyboard shortcuts, dark and light themes, and a distraction-free Focus Mode.
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Export to a Manuscript-Ready Outline
One click walks your boards, sections and cards into a clean Markdown outline you can paste straight into your manuscript or outlining software — not just an export nobody uses.
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Autosave, Backups & Print
Every change autosaves locally as you work. Export a full project backup any time, re-import it on another device, or print your board when you want a physical corkboard.

Never Stuck

A built-in Help guide covers every feature across five tabs — getting started, card types, keyboard shortcuts, tips and tricks — and a first-run welcome screen loads a fully worked sample board so you can see everything in action before you touch a blank canvas.

One purchase. No subscription. No account. Works in any modern browser, on any device, whenever an idea strikes.

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