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Plot Thread Type

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

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Type

Choose the kind of strand this thread tracks. Use the app's existing options, such as Question, Clue, Mystery, Suspicion, Promise, Threat, Emotional Issue, Relationship Issue, Secret, Continuity Item or Payoff Setup.

This helps you scan the thread list by the role each strand plays.

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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 Line Type

Type helps separate mysteries, emotional arcs, relationship arcs, object trails and other plot line kinds.

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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 Status

Status shows whether a thread is planned, introduced, developing, dormant, ready for payoff, resolved or abandoned.

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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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