Edit Story Asset
Edit Story Asset captures the core tracking details for important objects, clues, documents and keepsakes that matter to continuity.
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Story Asset Dependencies
Dependencies track when one asset only works, matters or becomes available because another asset exists or reaches a state.
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Dependencies
Dependencies explain how assets rely on one another. A key may require a lock. Evidence may require a document. A clue may only become useful after another clue has been discovered.
Use dependencies when the order matters. They help you see whether the story has prepared an asset before it is used, revealed or resolved.
Understanding the Fields
| Field | What it means | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Source asset | The asset that controls, enables or blocks something else. | A key, letter, clue or code. |
| Target asset | The asset affected by the dependency. | A locked box, sealed tin or hidden file. |
| Dependency | The kind of link between the two assets. | Requires, blocks, unlocks or reveals, depending on the options in your project. |
| Source required state | The state the source must be in before the dependency matters. | The letter must be opened. |
| Target blocked state | The state the target cannot reach yet. | The box cannot be opened. |
| Description | The writer's plain-English explanation of the story logic. | "The tin only matters once Beth finds the photograph." |
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Example
A coded letter may be blocked until the cipher page is found. The letter and the cipher are separate assets, but the meaning of one depends on the other.
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Story Asset Details
Story Asset Details shows how one important object, clue or document currently stands and how it has moved or changed through the story.
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Story Assets help you follow objects, clues and important information as they appear, change hands or affect the plot.
Story AssetsAsset Current Location Field
Current Location helps you track where an important object is for continuity and scene planning.
Story AssetsAsset Current State Field
Current State records whether an asset is sealed, opened, damaged, missing, recovered or in another meaningful condition.
Story Assets