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Asset Event Type

Asset event type records whether an object is found, moved, revealed, damaged, used, hidden or otherwise changed.

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Asset Kind

Asset kind helps distinguish evidence, weapons, documents, keys, vehicles and other important objects.

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Asset Location

Asset location fields support last-known-location tracking and continuity checks.

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Asset Locations

Asset locations help PlotDirector understand where objects are at this point in the story.

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Asset Selector

Asset selectors connect scene events to important objects, clues, evidence, documents, weapons, keys or vehicles.

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Asset State

Asset state transitions help continuity know whether an object is hidden, found, damaged, destroyed, active or otherwise changed.

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Assets

Asset events track object states, dependencies, locations and continuity implications for important story items.

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Attachment Type

Attachment type helps distinguish research, images, maps, notes, references and other scene-specific resources.

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Attachments and Research

Attachments store files, links and notes that support drafting or revising this scene.

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Character Attribute Type

Attribute type identifies whether the scene changes appearance, injury, emotion, skill or another trackable state.

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Character Attribute Value

Attribute value is the concise state future scenes should remember.

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Character Attributes

Character attributes record appearance changes, injuries, emotional state and skills so future scenes can remain consistent.

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Character Location Fields

Character location fields support movement, travel and continuity checks across future scenes.

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Character Presence

Presence helps distinguish being in the room from being referenced, absent or indirectly affecting the scene.

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Character Role

Role distinguishes POV, main participant, supporting presence and minor mentions for Timeline and review.

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Character Selector

Character selectors connect scene evidence to the right person for Timeline, continuity and character history.

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Characters

Character entries connect a scene to point of view, presence, location and character continuity.

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Checklist Completion

Checklist completion tracks practical scene tasks; labels stay editable so the task can evolve.

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Continuity Warnings

Continuity warnings highlight possible contradictions or missing evidence for this scene.

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Custodians

Custodians identify the characters who possess, guard, control or are responsible for an asset.

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Custody

Custody records possession, transfer and responsibility for important story items.

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Custody Event Type

Custody event type records possession, transfer, loss, theft, handoff or control of an important asset.

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Custody Role

Custody role distinguishes holder, owner, guardian, thief, borrower or other control relationship.

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Duration Unit

Duration helps pacing, travel and chronology make sense when scene length matters.

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Knowledge

Knowledge records discoveries, secrets, mistaken beliefs and reader awareness so reveals and continuity stay coherent.

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Knowledge State

Knowledge state tracks whether a character is unaware, suspicious, partly informed or fully aware.

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Knowledge Subject

Knowledge subjects explain what the character's awareness is about: an object, clue, secret or plot thread.

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Move and Reorder

Move and reorder controls help restructure chapters while keeping scene-linked characters, threads, assets, metrics and warnings with the scene.

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Move Controls

Move controls preview structural changes before changing the scene's chapter position.

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Other Character Knows

This is useful for one-sided attraction, secret resentment, hidden loyalty or dramatic irony.

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Plot Thread Selector

Thread selectors connect this scene beat to the storyline it starts, develops, twists or resolves.

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Primary Location

Primary location anchors the scene for Timeline review, location continuity and travel reasoning.

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Purpose and Outcome

Scene purpose and outcome notes help you see what narrative job the scene performs and whether it changes the story.

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Relationship Characters

Character A and Character B define the direction of the relationship event.

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Relationship Intensity

Intensity captures the strength of the relationship change, from mild tension to life-altering bond or conflict.

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Relationship Selector

Relationship selector links this scene event to the relationship history it changes.

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Relationship State

Relationship state captures the current condition of the bond after the scene's change.

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Relationship Type

Relationship type describes the bond: family, friendship, romance, rivalry, mentorship, professional or another category.

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Relationships

Relationship events show how family, friendship, romance, rivalry, mentorship and professional bonds evolve through scenes.

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Scene Checklist

Checklist items hold small drafting or revision tasks that belong to this scene.

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Scene Dependencies

Dependencies explain when one scene must happen before another for logic, causality or continuity.

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Scene Dependency Controls

Dependency controls explain whether this scene relies on another scene, or another scene relies on this one.

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Scene Inspector

The Scene Inspector is where a single scene's purpose, time, characters, threads, assets, metrics and continuity evidence are reviewed together.

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Scene Note Type

Note type keeps drafting thoughts, research reminders and revision questions easier to scan.

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Scene Notes

Scene notes capture working thoughts that do not belong in story continuity but matter while drafting or revising.

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Scene Revision Status

Revision status feeds writing queues, project overview and revision workflow without changing story continuity.

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Story State

Story State summarises current character and asset continuity evidence around this scene.

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Thread Event Targets

Targets explain where a thread branches, splits or merges so Timeline lanes can show the story shape.

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Thread Event Type

Pick the narrative function: start, progress, reveal, twist, branch, split, merge, resolve or abandon.

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Thread Marker Type

Marker type controls how this thread event appears on Timeline lanes.

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Thread Type

Thread type helps distinguish mystery questions, relationship arcs, promises, subplots and other unresolved story concerns.

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Threads

Thread events describe what this scene does for a plot question, mystery, promise, arc or payoff.

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Time

Scene time helps chronology, age checks, sequence logic and continuity warnings understand when the scene occurs.

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Time Confidence

Time confidence separates firm chronology from provisional planning.

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Time Mode

Time mode controls whether exact date, exact date-time or relative timing fields are used for chronology and continuity.

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Update Current Location

Tick this when the scene establishes the asset's new last-known location for future continuity.

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Warning Actions

Validate, dismiss and intentional actions help you investigate warnings without losing deliberate story choices.

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Writer Blocked

Blocked scenes can be surfaced in writing workflow so you can resolve the reason before drafting.

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Writer Priority

Priority helps writing queues and project workflow surface the scenes that need attention first.

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Writer Workspace

Writer Workspace fields connect this scene to drafting priority, word counts, blockers and chapter workflow.

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