Scene Detail Panel: edit full metadata without leaving the board
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The scene card's ⋯ menu (or in some versions, the card itself) opens the Scene Detail Panel — edit a scene's full metadata without leaving the board.
How to open
- Hover a card → ⋯ menu → "Detail" / "Scene Detail"
- Some versions: click the card anywhere to expand / collapse
What it shows
Basic info
- Scene number + title
- INT / EXT toggle
- Location: pick existing location (Locations list) or create
- Time: DAY / NIGHT / MORNING / EVENING presets + custom
- Estimated duration (some versions)
Character appearances
- Lists all characters in this scene (auto-detected from dialogue, manually editable)
- Links to Character Bible — click a chip to jump
- Affects the Appearance matrix
Storyline links
- Select which storylines this scene belongs to (A-story / B-story / C-story)
- A scene can belong to multiple storylines
- Reverse: in Storylines you can also link scenes from the storyline side
Summary
- One-two sentences about what happens — used by Board's Detailed view and by the AI Coach
- Not the script content (dialogue / action) — that lives in Write view
Notes / Setup-Payoff
- Scene-level notes (Scene-level notes)
- Setup / Payoff tracking (some versions)
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