give narrators the ability to prewrite and preplan opening and upcoming scenes.
Patrick Scaffido
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Thanks for the feedback!
Just wanted to make sure you saw that you can write and save scene drafts? That allows you to write the next scene before publishing it.
If you’re talking about writing scenes that are further into the story’s future — say, beyond the next scene — that seems difficult since the narrator doesn’t yet know what the players are going to do next, right?
Thanks for any additional thoughts on this…
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Lillith Avalon
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I just voted and posted on a similar idea that should probably be combined with this one to show true vote rate. https://storium.uservoice.com/forums/211322-general/suggestions/5755414-give-a-draft-area-for-the-next-scene
The ability to create an outline of next and other scenes and even chapters in draft including place, obstacle and other cards would be fantastic. I'm not proposing to railroad player characters in any way, but if they are on a journey or mission, the Narrator probably has some kind of pre-concieved set of stops and story plot items that they are going to hit along the way. I am having to manage this all offline right now.
I don't see any way to draft a new scene before ending the current one as mentioned in the admin response. Glad this one is under review!
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Fredrik Svanberg commented
I don't know exactly what players are going to do but I have a rough outline of the story (as a narrator), so I know a few key scenes I will (probably) need. If I could prep them with cards beforehand, and begin writing things that won't change (e.g. location descriptions) it would save some time when switching scenes. If I could prepare a few of these so I have different ones to choose between depending on player actions in the previous scene, that would be even better. Just having three obvious choices prepared then when it's time to end the scene I can just pick one of them and slot it into the next scene, would really help. The two I have left will of course remain available should they become necessary later.
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Declan Feeney
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You can write a scene draft, but *not before* ending the current scene.
Its quite common that leading up to the end of a scene you have a really good idea what is coming next. It would be nice to be able to prep for this.