Scene Map: Scenes(Scenes/Text/Beats)
October 20, 2024 vers. 1.0
Overview
Use Scenes-Text-Beats or scene goal text to map your Scene Map/Story Map.
Place Scenes-Text-Beats or scene goal text in your chapters to map out your Scene Map/Story Map.
Scenes-Text-Beats can also be considered sections in your story.
Edit Scenes-Text-Beats to place synopsis/description/goal/beat/text inside them, select highlight colors, tag them with/select connected Arcs/Filters/Tags, set target dates, set or upload images, and more.
What this Tutorial Covers
Basics
A few things to get you rolling.
- Scenes-Text-Beats are placed vertically inside the Chapters in the Scene Map work area.
- You can have unlimited Scenes-Text-Beats, and 10 inside each chapter. If you need more drop us a quick note.
- You can edit a Scene-Text-Beat's title, description/text, highlight color, tag/connect story arcs/character arcs/filters, target date, and other things.
- You can move, order, and reorder Scenes-Text-Beats by dragging and dropping them where you want.
- You can tag/connect Scenes-Text-Beats with Story Arcs, Character Arcs, Filters, Custom-User-Story Tags inside the edit area for each scene-text-beat. And then filter/view using the toolbar and the Filters Area located above the toolbar.
Get Started
You can add/create, edit, remove, move/order/reorder Scenes-Text-Beats.
You can filter and view specific Scenes-Text-Beats using the toolbar and the Filters Area above the toolbar.
Add/Create: Scenes-Text-Beats
There are currently 2 ways to Add/Create a scene-text-beat in a chapter on the Scene Map.
1. From the chapters top area, select the Add New Scene-Text-Beat icon.
This adds a new scene-text-beat to the bottom of the chapter.
2. Use your mouse to hover over or tap(touch) a scene-text-beat to display the add icons above and below it. Select the add icon in the position you want to add.
It will ask you for a title for the scene-text-beat so you can keep track of it on the Scene Map.
Select the Add button to add a scene-text-beat to the chapter at that position or to cancel.
Edit: Scenes-Text-Beats
There are currently 2 ways to Edit a scene-text-beat, and its information, title, highlight color, synopsis/description/beat/goal, story arcs, character arcs, tags, target date, and other things on the Scene Map.
1. Double click/double tap(touch) the scene-text-beat to open the Edit Panel.
2. Or use your mouse to hover over or tap(touch) the scene-text-beat to display the edit button icon, and select it.
Both will open the Edit Panel.
Changes made on the Edit Panel are automatically updated and saved for you.
Remove: Scenes-Text-Beats
*Warning ...Remember: You will not be able to recover the scene-text-beat or its scene map contents after it is removed. All text and items inside will be permanently removed.
So be sure to make a personal backup of any text/info/images etc... you'd like to save before removing it.
Remove a scene-text-beat by opening its Edit Panel and selecting the Delete button on top.
On the confirm 'Delete this Scene-Text-Beat' popup click the 'Yes, delete it.' button to permanently remove the scene-text-beat.
*Warning ...Remember: You will not be able to recover the scene-text-beat or its scene map contents after it is removed. All text and items inside will be permanently removed.
So be sure to make a personal backup of any text/info/images etc... you'd like to save before removing it.
Move/Order/Reorder: Scenes-Text-Beats
To reorder/move a scene-text-beat and its contents to a different place in the Scene Map/Story Map:
Use your mouse to hover over or tap(touch) to select the scene-text-beat to display its drag/move icon found in its upper left corner.
Click and hold with your mouse or touch and hold(touch) the move icon to drag/move.
Drag and drop the scene-text-beat up or down in the current chapter or to a new place in a different chapter where you want it.
If the place/chapter where you want to move/drag and drop the scene-text-beat to is hidden off the viewing screen/area.
Drag/move the scene-text-beat to the edge of the screen in the direction you want to go and the screen will automatically scroll to allow you to drop/place it.
Changes made are automatically saved for you.
You can always reorder/move scenes-text-beats at any time, or move them to another chapter to try different things.
Note: Dropping a scene-text-beat outside of the Scene Map Work Area or outside of a chapter will return it to where it was. So when in doubt, drag the scene-text-beat out of the work area or outside of a chapter and it will return to its original location.
We use move/drag icons for scenes-text-beats because it's easier for users and it allows our software to work on all smart devices of any size, smart phones, tablets, laptops, desktops and to use on any operating system.
Limits
We know of some limits within the Scenes-Text-Beats area, that we will be addressing with future updates.
We will be adding another new way to move and reorder Scenes-Text-Beats to be released in the next version.
Storyfyre is growing daily, let us know what we can include. We appreciate your help.