Storyboard
Drag the structure. Keep the words.
Lock a chapter and its scenes travel together. Flag a card when it needs attention.
C1
The Harbor Coin
C2
Fifty-eight Stairs
Story Crafter
A desk with the tools you choose
or
The desk
Build the book the way you think about it.
Chapters on a board. Notes on the back of each card. Prose that still takes comments.
3 sc · 1,240 w
3 sc · 1,240 w
Novel
Read it as a book. Mark it as an editor.
Highlight a line, leave a comment, reply in thread. The page does not jump when comments open.
The Harbor Coin
The drawer stuck, then gave. Ellis drew out a coin the size of a bottle cap, warm as if it had been sitting in a palm. On one face, a lamp.
Guide
Keep the warmth. It pays off when the coin goes ordinary.
Scene editor
Write the scene. Keep the brief beside it.
Enters-with and leaves-with stay on the card. Drafts toggle without overwriting the manuscript.
C2 · Fifty-eight Stairs
Rain needled the pier. Behind him the empty lighthouse stood like a snuffed candle.
Enters with
Ellis, coin in pocket, not yet believing the harbor.
Leaves with
A climb she cannot postpone.
Idea bucket
Park a scene until it earns a chapter.
Keep the full pitch. Make Canon when you are ready.
The Foundry LedgerIdea
Priority 2 · set-piece
Show where the coin was struck. A clerk still has the ledger. Keep this out of Chapter 1.
Cast and world
Dossiers that actually get used.
Goals, first appearance, and culture notes sit where the next scene can read them.
E
Ellis
Lead · first appears C1
C
Captain Brine
Side · first appears C1