Create or Edit a Plot Line
Use a Plot Line for a larger unresolved story concern that needs tracking across scenes, chapters, books or a series.
Tags: plot lines, editing, mysteries, promises, continuity
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Plot Lines
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Create or Edit a Plot Thread
Use a Plot Thread for a smaller clue chain, subplot strand, question, promise or payoff path inside a larger Plot Line.
Tags: plot threads, editing, clues, subplots, continuity
Introduced Scene
Introduced Scene marks the first scene where the thread is set up or becomes visible.
Tags: plot threads, fields, scenes, setup
Main Plot
Main Plot identifies the story lane that most strongly drives reader expectation and major progression.
Tags: plot lines, fields, main plot
Parent Plot Line
Parent Plot Line lets one larger story concern sit underneath another.
Tags: plot lines, fields, hierarchy
Plot Line Book / Scope
Book / scope controls whether a Plot Line is tied to a specific book or treated as project-wide.
Tags: plot lines, fields, book, scope
Plot Line Type
Type helps separate mysteries, emotional arcs, relationship arcs, object trails and other plot line kinds.
Tags: plot lines, fields, type
Plot Line Visibility
Visibility controls whether the Plot Line appears in timeline and planning displays.
Tags: plot lines, fields, visibility, timeline
Plot Lines
Plot Lines are larger story questions, promises, mysteries, arcs or unresolved concerns that may run across chapters, books or a series.
Tags: plot lines, mysteries, promises, arcs, continuity
Plot Thread Events
Plot Thread Events record how a scene affects a plot line, so PlotDirector can draw the timeline and highlight forgotten or unresolved story promises.
Tags: plot thread events, plot events, branch, split, merge, resolve, timeline warnings
Plot Thread Importance
Importance helps you spot major unresolved threads before they are dropped or underdeveloped.
Tags: plot threads, fields, importance
Plot Thread Status
Status shows whether a thread is planned, introduced, developing, dormant, ready for payoff, resolved or abandoned.
Tags: plot threads, fields, status
Plot Thread Type
Type helps separate questions, clues, suspicions, promises, secrets and other thread kinds.
Tags: plot threads, fields, type
Plot Threads
Plot Threads are the specific story strands that sit inside plot lines and create markers across scenes.
Tags: plot threads, mysteries, promises, payoffs, continuity
Plot Threads
Plot Threads are smaller connected strands that support, complicate or track part of a larger Plot Line.
Tags: plot threads, plot lines, clues, payoffs, continuity
Thread Plot Line
The Plot Line field links a thread to the larger story question, promise or arc it belongs to.
Tags: plot threads, fields, plot lines
Thread Resolution
Resolution fields track where a thread is intended to be answered and where it actually pays off.
Tags: plot threads, fields, resolution, payoff