How to keep track of important items - olivierkes/manuskript GitHub Wiki

In some stories, important items pivotal to the story plot must be tracked.

Examples: (source: @jimkricket in #201)

  • Couple examples from King Arthur include: Excalibur & The Holy Grail.

  • Example from Lord of the Rings: One Ring.

  • Miscellaneous applications: A Locket the protagonist had as a baby, a magical jewel found in a dungeon, a smartphone owned by the protagonist, personal spacecraft bestowed to a captain.

Create your items in the World tab

Go to the World tab, and create your items. (Here the list is populated with the default "Fantasy World Building".)

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In the description, you can insert references to characters or any other things. Insert references with CTRL+Space.

References your items in your scenes

Items can be referenced in the Editor in the Notes / References Metadata block: (right-click, or CTRL+Space to insert reference).

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Get an overview with the Cheat sheet:

Now if you look in the Cheat sheet, you'll see all the places the object appears in:

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Get an overview with the Story line:

And finally, it should appear in the story line, but that's not implemented yet (only characters and plot appear for now). Soon.