Plot threads

Track a storyline, a question or a relationship across beats, chapters and books.

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   A thread is a storyline that runs through your series: a mystery, a romance, a promise. It starts at one beat and ends at a later one, and it can pause and pick up again. Threads belong to the whole series, so one can run across books.

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   On the Timeline, expand a chapter, then the beat where the thread starts. Click Start thread in the row under it.

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   Under New thread, type a title and, if you like, a description, pick a color and click Create. To pick up a thread you already have, choose it under Existing thread.

   

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   To close the thread, expand a later beat, click End thread and pick the thread.

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   Each thread shows as a colored line beside your beats, with its title where it starts. Click the title to rename it or change its color.

Steps checked against the Studio on November 11, 2026.