Scenes and chapters

Give scenes their own segments if you want to draft and rearrange them separately. You can group them in a chapter folder or by viewpoint character.

For our example, we'll use chapter excerpts. Open Alasdair - Chapter III, or create it in the Alasdair folder, and add:

Alasdair left The Jewell and headed north towards the residential area. When he was in one of these moods, there was little that could quench his thirst.

We now have two excerpts to try in the manuscript reader. Neither needs to be a finished chapter for that.

If switching documents interrupts you, keep a whole chapter in one segment. Use headings to navigate between scenes through the document outline.

Try whichever suits you. You can change the structure once you've lived with it for a while.

Use the editor's segment-splitting action when a specific part needs its own segment. Or you want to tackle it separately, Check the resulting documents, especially around the split point, and their order before carrying on.

For an experiment, keep a separate Alternate opening so you can compare it with the version you already have.

The folder tree helps you find your work. The manuscript arranges what you'll read. Leave earlier drafts in their folders and select only the scenes you want in the manuscript.

With both excerpts in place, let's improve the vibes on the editor.