Introduced Scene
Introduced Scene marks the first scene where the thread is set up or becomes visible.
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Plot Thread Importance
Importance helps you spot major unresolved threads before they are dropped or underdeveloped.
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Importance
Set how significant this thread is within the wider story. High importance means the thread strongly affects reader expectation, plot progression or a major character arc. Low importance suits smaller texture, atmosphere or supporting continuity.
During revision, high-importance open threads deserve special attention.
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Plot Thread Status
Status shows whether a thread is planned, introduced, developing, dormant, ready for payoff, resolved or abandoned.
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Type helps separate questions, clues, suspicions, promises, secrets and other thread kinds.
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The Plot Line field links a thread to the larger story question, promise or arc it belongs to.
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Resolution fields track where a thread is intended to be answered and where it actually pays off.
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