Academic Book Writing Template

✨ Why This Template?

Tired of messy folders, lost references, and disorganized chapters?

This Academic Writing Planner for Notion gives you a single, structured system to:

• Plan your book
• Organize your research
• Track chapter progress
• Manage citations and deadlines
• Stay focused and consistent

📦 What’s Included?

🧩 Chapters Tracker

Keep all your chapters organized with fields for:

• 📄 Chapter status (Not started, In Progress, Edited, Completed)
• 🎯 Goal word count
• 📊 Actual word count + visual progress bar
• ⏳ Deadline tracking
• 🔗 Linked tasks, references, and review notes

🧠 Research & Brainstorming Hub

Structure your thinking with:

• ❓ Core research questions
• 💡 Idea dump space
• 📚 Linked literature highlights
• 🔍 Gaps & hypothesis exploration
• 🗂️ Tags for organizing theories or frameworks

📑 References & Citations Database

• 🔗 Link references directly to the chapters they're used in
• 📕 Store citation details, type, year, and notes
• ✍️ Ready for APA, MLA, or custom formats
• 📌 Combine citations and references in one clean database

📝 Daily Writing Tasks Tracker

• ✅ Log daily writing goals and actual word count
• 📅 See what’s due, in progress, or completed
• ⏱️ Time log (optional)
• 🧠 Add quick reflections after each session

📊 Personal Assistant Dashboard (Auto-Updates)

• 📘 Total chapters
• ✍️ Chapters in progress
• ✏️ Chapters in editing
• ✅ Completed chapters
• 📜 Total word count
• ⏰ Earliest upcoming deadline
• All data pulled live using Notion rollups — no manual count!

🔁 How to Duplicate This Template

1. Click the “I want this” button above ☝️
2. On the template preview page, hit Duplicate (top right corner)
3. Add it to your Notion workspace
4. Start filling in your chapters, research, and progress — done!

🎯 Who Is It For?

This template is built for:

• 🎓 Master’s & PhD Students writing a thesis or dissertation
• 🧑‍🏫 Academic Researchers planning journal-based or book-length manuscripts
• ✍️ Non-fiction Authors who want a structured writing system
• 📚 Professors & Lecturers managing publications or long-form academic projects

🚀 Why People Love It

• 🖇️ Linked data — everything connects cleanly across databases
• 📅 Pre-made templates & progress automation
• 📓 Designed with academic structure, not just pretty pages
• 💡 100% Notion-native — no 3rd party tools needed

🔓 One-time purchase. Lifetime access. Easy to duplicate.

👉 Click “I want this” and start writing smarter today.