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Scene card inline expansion: Conflict Level / Storylines / stats / actions
Last updated June 10, 2026 · 3 min read
Click a scene card and it expands in place, surfacing extra editing sections: conflict level, storylines, word/dialogue/duration stats, and Delete / Go to Scene actions.
How to open
Just click a scene card — the card expands in place to show more fields. Click again to collapse.
It is not a separate side panel; it is an inline expansion.
Card head (always visible)
At the top of every card you can see:
- Scene number + INT/EXT + +Location + Time (DAY / NIGHT)
- Summary (one or two sentences)
- Character chip
- Beat-name chip (e.g. "Opening Image" — from the chosen structure template)
- ~Nmin (estimated duration)
- A progress bar at the bottom
All of these fields can be edited inline.
What expanding adds
When the card is expanded, the lower half shows:
Conflict Level (1–5)
"How high is the conflict in this scene?" 1 = quiet / setup; 5 = the script's peak tension. Useful for pacing review (especially in Timeline mode).
Storylines
"+ Add" opens a storyline picker — link this scene to one or more Episode storylines (Season storylines cannot be bound to scenes).
Stats
- N words (scene word count)
- N dialogue lines
- ~Nmin (estimated duration)
Actions
- Delete (confirmation + auto-version)
- Go to Scene → jumps to the Write view to edit the scene's dialogue and description
Division of labour with the Write view
- Here (Scene Board + card expansion): edit metadata (number / INT/EXT / location / time / characters / storylines / conflict level / beat / summary)
- Write view: write the actual dialogue, action, transitions
Where scene-level notes live
Scene-level notes (Todos, Foreshadow Tracking, etc.) are not in this expansion — they live in the Notes tab under the "By Scene" view, or are added by right-clicking a scene element in the Write editor.