Asset Event Type
Asset event type records whether an object is found, moved, revealed, damaged, used, hidden or otherwise changed.
Scene InspectorScene Inspector
Threads
Thread events describe what this scene does for a plot question, mystery, promise, arc or payoff.
Tags: scene inspector, plot threads, timeline, thread health
Overview
Threads are specific unresolved story concerns. In the Scene Inspector, a thread event records how this scene affects that concern. On the Timeline, those events become lane markers.
Use importance to show how central a thread is. Use lifecycle events to show whether the scene starts, progresses, reveals, twists, branches, splits, merges, resolves or abandons the thread.
Why It Matters
Thread events prevent story promises from becoming invisible. If a clue is planted, mark it. If the reader receives a reveal, mark it. If a subplot is intentionally abandoned, mark that too so thread health knows the silence is deliberate.
Thread Health
Thread health uses the pattern of events to highlight possible neglected, dangling, questionable or abandoned threads. These are prompts for revision, not automatic mistakes.
For example, a clue thread that starts in chapter two and then disappears for ten scenes may be a deliberate slow burn, or it may be a forgotten promise. Marking progress, reveal, merge, resolve or abandon events helps the Timeline show the difference.
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Asset Kind
Asset kind helps distinguish evidence, weapons, documents, keys, vehicles and other important objects.
Scene InspectorAsset Location
Asset location fields support last-known-location tracking and continuity checks.
Scene InspectorAsset Locations
Asset locations help PlotDirector understand where objects are at this point in the story.
Scene InspectorAsset Selector
Asset selectors connect scene events to important objects, clues, evidence, documents, weapons, keys or vehicles.
Scene Inspector