Story Structure in Author Notebook helps you plan a novel's acts, track foreshadowing, and catch plot contradictions before they reach readers.
Map Opening, Middle, Climax, and Ending to word targets and watch progress bars fill in as you draft, so pacing stays visible.
Plant foreshadowing, mark it pending, and resolve it when it pays off — with an at-risk state to flag threads that might get forgotten.
Flag contradictions with severity levels as you notice them, instead of finding out from a beta reader after the manuscript is finished.
It helps writers plan structure — acts, pacing, and plot threads — before or alongside drafting, rather than relying on memory or scattered notes.
Yes — Story Structure includes a dedicated foreshadowing tracker with planted, pending, resolved, and at-risk states.
Yes — Story Structure includes a story overview, a mindmap view, and an exportable structure report.
Story Structure works whether you outline in advance or add structure after a first draft — it is a way to organize the plot, not a mandatory upfront process.
Story Structure is organized per book within your library, so each book in a series can have its own act breakdown and foreshadowing tracker.