Related Info sidebar

The Related Info sidebar (or side panel) can be found in the following sections:

• Plot Manager (when a scene is selected)
• Manuscript (when a scene is selected)
• Character Details
• Locations Details
• Item Details

The sidebar works the same in all these sections, except when a scene is selected there are a few extra scene-specific panels and filters available.

The Related Info sidebar can be opened by clicking on the little tab towards the bottom right of the screen. It can be hidden by clicking on the same tab.

The sidebar shows all associated information for the selected scene.

Note: As every scene is linked to an index card, they share the same related info. So whatever you add to a scene will also be visible when you go to view the associated index card in the Plot Manager.

There are a range of fields which are included in the Related Info for a scene as default, including: POV Character, Weather, Date and Time, and Goal to Decision Cycle.

You can also link characters, locations, items and other scenes to a scene.

Linking Related Info (characters, locations, items, scenes and notes)

To link something to the selected scene, click the little chain link icon towards the top right of the Related Info panel. This will expand the ‘link something’ field. (This ‘link something’ field may already be visible if you have opened it before.)

Click where it says ‘link something’, and a list of all the things available to be linked will appear.

Select the desired item and click on it to link it to the scene.

Note that if you start typing in the search box, the list of linkable options will be filtered by what you type.

Linking Subplots

Subplots work a little differently to the other things you can link.

In the Subplot Manager, if a plot event is aligned with a scene, then it will automatically show in the Related Info for the scene.

If you want to move a plot event to a different scene, this needs to be done from within the Subplot Manager.

Please see the Subplot Manager section for more information on how this works.

Filtering the Related Info

You can use the icons in the toolbar to filter which information is visible in the Related Info sidebar.

When all the icons are set to visible, all related information will be shown. However, you can choose to hide specific sections of the related info as follows:

• Scene Details
• Subplots
• Characters
• Scenes
• Locations
• Items
• Notes

When you click on one of those icons, a strikethrough will appear over it. This indicates that the related info from that section (i.e. characters) is now hidden. You can click the icon again at any time to make the information visible again.