This guide aims to present a basic overview of Manuskript's seven panes. While it does not go into explicit detail about each feature, it instead tries to present a comprehensive list of all Manuskript has to offer. Each pane can be accessed from the left sidebar.

General Pane

The General Pane is the first pane a user will encounter after creating a new project. It includes several fields which can be filled out, listed under "Book information" and "Author".

Book information

• Title
• Subtitle
• Series
• Volume
• Genre
• License

Author

• Name
• Email

Summary Pane

The Summary Pane has two main areas.

The first area is the "Situation" field. Here a user can determine a "What if...?" question to lead into their fiction. This method is based off of the writings of author Stephen King.

The second area is the "Summary" field, which allows the user to create four progressively more comprehensive summaries for their work:

1. One sentence
2. One paragraph
3. One page
4. Full

The summary field also includes a word count.

Clicking on the Next button will take the user to the Characters Pane.

Characters Pane

The Characters Pane has two main areas.

The first area is "Names", which lists characters by importance (more on that below) in order of creation. At the bottom are buttons to create and delete characters, as well as a search bar with which to filter the list.

The second area is made up of four tabs. Basic info, Summary, Notes, and Detailed info.

Basic info allows for the user to fill in the following fields:

• Name and Color
• Importance - Main, Secondary, Minor
• Motivation
• Goal
• Conflict
• Epiphany
• One sentence summary
• One paragraph summary

Summary and Notes can be filled in however the user chooses.

Detailed info allows the user to create as many items as they like, each with their own Name (Description) and Value. At the bottom are buttons to create and delete items, as well as a search bar with which to filter the list.

Clicking on the Next button will take the user back to the Summary Pane.

Plots Pane

The Plots Pane has two main areas.

The first area is "Plots", which lists plots by importance (more on that below) in order of creation. At the bottom are buttons to create and delete plots, as well as a search bar with which to filter the list.

The second area is made up of two tabs. Basic info and Resolution steps.

Basic info allows for the user to fill in the following fields:

• Plot (the title)
• Importance - Main, Secondary, Minor
• Character(s) - drawn from the characters already created
• Description
• Result

Resolution steps allows the user to create as many steps as they want with their own Name, Meta(data), and summary. Manuskript comes with several metadata fields to use:

Try / Fail

• No and
• Yes but

General

• Promise
• Problem
• Progress
• Resolution

Freytag's pyramid

• Exposition
• Rising action
• Climax
• Falling action
• Resolution

Three acts

• 1. Setup
• 1. Inciting event
• 1. Turning point
• 2. Choice
• 2. Reversal
• 2. Disaster
• 3. Stand up
• 3. Climax
• 3. Ending

Hero's journey

• Ordinary world
• Call to adventure
• Refusal of the call
• Meeting with mentor
• Crossing the Threshold
• Tests
• Approach
• Abyss
• Reward / Revelation
• Transformation
• Atonement
• Return

At the bottom are buttons to create and delete items, as well as hide the summary section.

World

The World Pane has two main areas.

The first area is the left sidebar, which lists world items in order of creation. At the bottom are buttons to create and delete items, a search bar with which to filter the list, and a heart button with the subtitle "Fantasy world building". Clicking this will populate the left bar with empty data the user may fill out.

The second area is made up of two tabs. General and More.

General allows for the user to fill in the following fields:

• Name
• Description

More allows for the user to fill in the following fields:

• Source of passion
• Source of conflict

Outline

For information on the Outline Pane, see "Using Manuskript to Write a Fiction Novel".

Editor

For information on the Editor Pane, see "Using Manuskript to Write a Fiction Novel".

The Manuskript editor currently highlights the following Markdown variants:

• Markdown
• MultiMarkdown
• CriticMarkup