| You can categorize each Story Beat into one of ten differently colored
& named categories. You might
want to use this feature to help track the progress of a love story, make sure you keep a
subplot running through the entire story, or even keep track of the body count in a horror
movie... |
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Whatever
terminology you use to define the most basic unit of the story, this is where you can
focus on looking at the "trees" rather than the forest. Remember, that
although the graphic above calls them "scenes", we are calling them
Story Beats.
But whatever we call them, they are
really the same thing.
The left hand "pane" of this
window lists a short description of each Story Beat, and underneath each one are further
detail items where you can introduce, heighten and resolve conflicts; explore who this
Story Beat affects most in the story, and exactly how it affects them; examine
how this Story Beat relates to the larger themes and Overall Ticking Clock and so on.
The right panel changes according to
what option is selected on the left, and lets you fill in details, explore, and develop
this Story Beat to whatever degree you like. |