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DECISION MATRIXLisa London Books

WHAT STORY OR GENRE SHOULD YOU WRITE NEXT

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Welcome to the Decision Matrix

How many story ideas do you come up with on a daily basis?• A gazillion• A trillion• Or maybe you have shiny new object syndrome

when a new story ideas pops up you’re sure is the winner

• Or maybe you’re still trying to decie on a subgenre

You need a Decision Matrix

This story idea decision matrixwill help you to

• Organize your story ideas• Objectively determine what you’re interested in• Align your story ideas to your writing career• Protect the integrity of your author brand

Are you ready?

Let’s go!

Lisa London

Planner Boss & Romance Author


step 1 | watch video

https://youtu.be/IpKSzhz_xNUTime: 7 minutes

key takeaways

https://youtu.be/IpKSzhz_xNU


step 2 | list story ideas list out all potential story ideas you're interested in


step 3 | rank + scoreNext, rank each opportunity by the 4 criteria listed:

• Your Author Branding• Your Excitement Level• ROI Marketability• Match To Your Writing Skills

List your story ideas here --->>

Your Author Branding

Your Excitement Level

ROI Marketability

Match To Your Writing Skills

Optional - Add your own criteria


Total Score

• Re-print this page as often as necessary for each story idea


step 3 | continuedI’m assuming you’re like me and have more than one story idea you want to write about - here’s additional space to evaluate those

List your story ideas here --->>

Your Author Branding

Future Your Excitement Level

ROI Marketability

Match To Your Writing Skills



Total Score

• Re-print this page as often as necessary for each story idea


step 3 | reference keyYour Author Branding1 - Doesn’t align with your current or future desired author branding10 - Aligns perfectly with your author branding

Your Excitement Level1 - The thought of writing this sounds like work10 - You don’t even want to sleep you’re so pumped about writing this story

ROI Marketability1 - Not only is this not trending, agents and editors are actively declaring they don’t want it10 - This is on everyone’s #MSWL Manuscript Wishlist and deals are closing everyday on Pub-lishers Lunch for this type of story

Match To Your Writing Skills1 - You’ve never read this type of story and have no idea where to start learning this style10 - This note only comes naturally to you but is effortless in terms of creating voice, style and aligning your writing with similar stories

Total ScoreNear 4 = You so have no to little interest in this storyAT or near 40 = This is the story of your dreams and you should go write it - RIGHT NOW!


• What was your #1 winning story ideas that you want to work on?

your future story is.....

step 4 | the winner


example | story ideasThis is an example of evaluating 2 different story ideas. You can add in more columns for additional story ideas but as you can see - in this example Rom Com was a perfect 40

List your story ideas here --->> Rom Com Dark Psychological

Thriller

Your Author Branding 10 1

Future Your Excitement Level 10 1

ROI Marketability 10 8

Match To Your Writing Skills 10 1



Total Score 40 11


example | subgenresThis is an example if you’re trying to decide between or among a few different subgenres of romance you want to focus in. You can always add more columns for additional subgenres

List your story ideas here --->> Contemporary Romance

Romantic Suspense

Your Author Branding 10 5

Future Your Excitement Level 10 3

ROI Marketability 10 8

Match To Your Writing Skills 10 5



Total Score 40 21


congratulations!YOU DID IT

You made a story idea decision and quite honestly - that’s probably the #1 thing that stops the majority of people from writing. You have limited time, resources and money and you want to ensure that you’re spending it on the PERFECT STORY.


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