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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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Resolution Scene

Use the planned resolution scene for your intended payoff, reveal or answer. Use the actual resolution scene when the thread is truly resolved in the manuscript.

These fields help you compare plan against draft reality and catch threads that were set up but never paid off.

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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 Status

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

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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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