The Writer's Guide to Obsidian - print
The Writer's Guide to Obsidian - print
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The Writer’s Guide to Obsidian
A Practical System to Organize, Outline, Draft, and Edit Your Book in Markdown
This is the only place you will find the spiral, lay-flat edition of The Writer's Guide to Obsidian. The print versions at Amazon and other stores are perfect-bound.
A Practical System to Organize, Outline, Draft, and Edit Your Book in Obsidian
Are your writing notes scattered across apps, folders, and notebooks? Tired of word processors that crash, lose formatting, or don’t match your creative flow?
The Writer’s Guide to Obsidian introduces a complete, proven writing system—built specifically for Obsidian—that empowers authors to organize, draft, and edit seamlessly in Markdown.
Why Use Obsidian for Writing?
Obsidian is a free, local-first Markdown app that’s revolutionizing how writers plan and draft their books. Unlike traditional writing tools, it keeps your files future-proof and fully in your control—no subscriptions, no formatting nightmares, just a clean, creative environment for writers.
This guide helps fiction and non-fiction writers use Obsidian to build a professional, distraction-free writing workflow from idea to final manuscript.
What You’ll Learn Inside The Writer’s Guide to Obsidian
- Organize research, timelines, character notes, and plotlines in one place
- Draft in plain Markdown using powerful linking and outlining tools
- Build a sustainable writing workflow customized to your needs
- Use Obsidian queries to track characters, arcs, and plot threads
- Maintain version control across drafts
- Export clean, professional manuscripts for editors or publication
Built by a Writer, for Writers
P.D. Workman is a prolific novelist and Obsidian power user with over 125 published books. This guide draws directly from her real-world writing system—refined through dozens of projects and workflows. Every chapter includes hands-on examples, practical templates, and productivity tips from the trenches.
Perfect for All Types of Writers
- Fiction authors planning complex series or standalone novels
- Non-fiction writers managing extensive research or citations
- Pantsers and plotters alike—Obsidian works either way
- Authors migrating from Scrivener, Word, or Google Docs
- Writers who want to own their tools, not rent them
What Makes This Obsidian Writing System Different?
Most books focus on writing craft or vague inspiration. This book focuses on infrastructure—the practical tools and systems that allow creative work to thrive.
- Create a vault structure that prevents creative chaos
- Link notes dynamically using Obsidian’s backlinking and graph view
- Build reusable templates for scenes, chapters, and revisions
- Integrate publishing and marketing prep into your workflow
- Manage multiple writing projects without overwhelm
Start Building Your Custom Writing Workflow
By the end of this book, you’ll have a personalized writing system in Obsidian that’s scalable, efficient, and tailored to the way your brain works. More importantly, you’ll understand how to evolve that system as your writing grows.
Write smarter. Stay organized. Finish more books—with Obsidian.
Your future self will thank you for making the switch.
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P.D. (Pamela) Workman is a USA Today Bestselling author, winner of several awards from Library Services for Youth in Custody and the InD’tale Magazine’s Crowned Heart award, and has published over 100 mystery/suspense/thriller and young adult books.
Workman loves writing about the underdog. She has been praised for her realistic details, deep characterization, and sensitive handling of the serious social issues that appear in her stories, from light cozy mysteries to darker, grittier young adult and mystery/suspense books.
P. D. Workman does not shy from probing the deep psychological scars of childhood trauma, mental illness, and addiction. Also characteristic of this author, these extremely sensitive issues are explored with extensive empathy, described with incredible clarity, and portrayed with profound insight.
—Kim, Goodreads reviewer