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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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Status

Choose the current state of the thread using the app's existing statuses: Planned, Introduced, Developing, Dormant, Ready For Payoff, Resolved or Abandoned.

Use status to separate threads still creating reader expectation from threads that have already paid off or been deliberately dropped.

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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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Plot Thread Type

Type helps separate questions, clues, suspicions, promises, secrets and other thread kinds.

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Thread Plot Line

The Plot Line field links a thread to the larger story question, promise or arc it belongs to.

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Thread Resolution

Resolution fields track where a thread is intended to be answered and where it actually pays off.

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