Linking scenes to storylines: two-way + multi-line
Two-way linking between scenes and storylines: scene → storylines or storyline → scenes. Scene cards display colour stripes.
Two directions
Direction 1: scene → storylines
The most common flow. Inside Scene Detail Panel:
- Open "Storylines" section
- Pick one or more storylines from the dropdown
- The card immediately gets the storyline colour stripe(s)
Good for "writing into a scene, knowing it pushes A-story" — the natural flow.
Direction 2: storyline → scenes
In Storylines tab, click any storyline → detail panel → "Linked Scenes" section:
- Lists all scenes currently linked
- "+ Add scene" button: opens scene picker
- Select multiple at once
Good for "planning all key scenes of A-story" — reverse planning.
A scene can belong to multiple storylines
One scene can link to multiple storylines simultaneously:
- Example: a scene "J. Doe and A. Smith's key dialogue" links to:
- A-story (their relationship)
- B-story (revealing the lighthouse secret)
The card displays multiple colour stripes (count = number of links).
Where the colour stripe shows
- Scene Board (Board mode): stripe on the card edge or chip
- Scene Board (List mode): a column in each row
- Timeline mode: bar colour
- Season view: cross-episode distribution colours
See: Scene card anatomy
"Which scenes does this storyline appear in?"
Storyline detail panel's "Linked Scenes" lists every scene of that line — click any to jump to Scene Detail / Write view.
Useful for pacing review: "A-story has 5 scenes in E1-E3 but only 1 in E4-E6 — is the late game too quiet?"
Setup-Payoff integration
Setup-Payoff tracking integrates with storylines: query "are all setups planted in A-story paid off?"
AI Coach integration
The AI Coach ingests scene-storyline links. You can ask:
- "Why does B-story go quiet between E5 and E8?"
- "Should C-story advance in this episode but it didn't?"
- "Which scenes cross both A-story and B-story?"
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