Relationship Awareness
Use awareness for secrets, mistaken identities, hidden ties, concealed affairs or relationships the reader does not yet understand.
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Reader Initially Knows
Untick this for hidden family ties, secret affairs, concealed identities, false assumptions or delayed reveals.
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Reader Initially Knows
This controls whether the reader knows the relationship at the starting point. It is about reader knowledge, not whether the relationship is true.
Untick it for hidden family ties, secret affairs, concealed identities, false assumptions or delayed reveals. Keep it ticked for relationships the reader is meant to understand from the start.
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Confidence / Intensity
Use low values for weak or uncertain connections and high values for powerful trust, hatred, fear, loyalty or emotional weight.
CharactersInitial Book
Choose the earliest book where this starting relationship matters.
CharactersInitial Relationships
Initial Relationships set the baseline for family ties, friendships, rivalries, secrets and other bonds before later scenes change or reveal them.
CharactersReciprocal Relationship
Turn this on when the reverse connection should also exist, such as parent and child, siblings or friends.
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