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Free templates
Free Excel and Google Sheets templates, each with a worked example, a column guide and a connected Notion version for when a spreadsheet is not enough. No email needed.
Academic & Research
- Literature Review Matrix TemplateA literature review matrix is a table where each row is one source and each column records the same things about it: research question, method, sample, key findings, and how it relates to your themes.
- Thesis Progress Tracker TemplateA thesis progress tracker is a table with one row per chapter or section that records its status, current word count, target, next deadline and the latest supervisor feedback.
Writing & Storytelling
- Story Bible TemplateA story bible is a single reference that records the facts of your story: who each character is, where things are, what happened when, and the rules of the world.
- Character Profile TemplateA character profile template is a structured sheet for recording what drives each character: what they want, what they fear, how they speak, how they relate to others, and how they change.
- Worldbuilding TemplateA worldbuilding template is a structured record of your invented world: its places, peoples, factions, history, magic or technology, and the rules that must never break.
- Beat Sheet TemplateA beat sheet lists the key turning points of a story in order, from the opening image to the final scene, with where each should land in the book or script.
- Webtoon Script TemplateA webtoon script template breaks an episode into panels in vertical scroll order, with the shot, what happens, dialogue, sound effects and notes for the artist.
Games & Tabletop
- Game Design Document TemplateA game design document, or GDD, describes what a game is and how it works: its core loop, mechanics, levels, characters, controls and interface.
- D&D Campaign Tracker TemplateA D&D campaign tracker is a dungeon master's record of what has happened in a campaign: each session, the NPCs the party has met, open plot threads, loot and promises made.
Interior Design & Architecture
- Drawing Register TemplateA drawing register lists every drawing on a project with its number, title, current revision, status and the date it was issued.
- FF&E Schedule TemplateAn FF&E schedule lists every piece of furniture, fixture and equipment specified for a project, organised by room, with its vendor, quantity, cost, lead time and order status.
Real Estate
- Real Estate Commission Tracker TemplateA real estate commission tracker records each closed or pending deal with its sale price, commission rate, broker split and fees, and calculates what the agent actually takes home.
- Rent Roll TemplateA rent roll is a list of every rental unit in a property or portfolio with its tenant, lease start and end dates, monthly rent, security deposit and current balance.
Startups & Founders
- Investor Pipeline Template (Fundraising CRM)An investor pipeline, or fundraising CRM, lists every investor a founder is talking to, with their fund, typical check size, how you were introduced, the current stage of the conversation and the next step.
- Data Room Checklist TemplateA data room checklist lists the documents investors expect to review during due diligence, grouped by area such as company, finance, legal, team and product, with who owns each one, its status and where it is stored.
Small Business Operations
- IT Asset Register TemplateAn IT asset register lists every piece of IT equipment and software a business owns, with who has it, its serial number, purchase date, warranty and status.
- Salon Inventory TemplateA salon inventory template tracks the products a salon uses and sells, separating back-bar supplies from retail stock, with current quantity, reorder point, supplier and cost.
- Restaurant Inventory TemplateA restaurant inventory template records each ingredient and supply by storage area with its counting unit, current count, par level and cost, and calculates stock value.