Templates
Assign chapters to beats
Beat cards stay high-level by mapping chapters instead of asking you to tag every scene.
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Manual Topic
Back to manual- Beat cards stay high-level by mapping chapters instead of asking you to tag every scene.
- Use Assign Chapter when a chapter mainly serves a specific structural beat.
- A beat can stay empty while you are still figuring out the draft; you do not have to force every beat immediately.
- Chapter mapping keeps the template board readable for long projects with many scenes.
- If you need scene-level precision later, that can be added as an advanced workflow without cluttering the main beat cards.
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Use story templates
Templates shape the whole story and help you map beats without forcing linear drafting.
Understand template selection versus beat mapping
Choosing a template and mapping scenes to its beats are related, but they are not the same step.
What happens if I choose a template before chapters exist?
Templates can be chosen before the manuscript exists, but beat mapping starts once real chapters exist.
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