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See how your manuscript is put together

Organise, locate, group and understand scenes and chapters without relying on endless scrolling through prose.

Organise, locate, group and understand scenes and chapters without relying on endless scrolling through prose.

Give the manuscript a structure you can navigate.

PlotDirector helps you see, track and understand what is already in your story. It does not decide how you should write it.

Writing problems this can help with

How to See Where Plots and Subplots Connect

How to Tell What Each Scene Contributes to Your Story

Why Does My Novel Feel Like a Series of Unconnected Events?

Do You Have Characters With Overlapping Roles?

Has an Important Character Disappeared From Your Novel?

How to Keep Track of Multiple POV Characters

How to Track Relationship Development Through a Novel

Does a Relationship Develop Too Quickly in Your Novel?

Tracking the Relationship Fallout From Major Story Events

Stop Characters Knowing Things Too Early

How to Track What Characters Know and When They Learned It

Fixing Reveal Order After Moving Scenes or Chapters

Is Your Story Revealing Information at the Right Time?

Managing a Nonlinear Novel Without Losing the Timeline

Fitting Fictional Events Around Historical Dates

How to Organise a Novel With Hundreds of Scenes

Where Should This Scene Go in My Novel?

How to Review Chapter Structure and Scene Balance

How to Find Repetitive or Redundant Scenes

How to Experiment With Story Structure Safely

How to Track Important Objects Through a Novel

Why Does Part of My Novel Feel Flat?

How to See Uneven Pacing Across a Novel

Is Too Much of Your Story Happening Near the End?

Keeping Track of Revision Consequences in a Complex Novel

Compare Alternative Story Structures Without Losing Your Current One

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