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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Word Companion Suggestions
Suggestions are proposed scene links from Word Companion that you can accept into the scene or reject when they are not useful.
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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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