Outlining & Story Timelines
Outline provides a flexible, multi-level tree to architect your narrative structure, manage chronological timelines, and track character presences across scenes.
Plot Arc Hierarchy & Beat Tree
Outline provides a multi-level tree to organize your narrative from top-level Series and Books down through Parts, Chapters, Scenes, and individual Moments.
Narrative Order vs. Chronological Timelines
Story beats in Prosewell can be viewed in two distinct structural orders:
Narrative Order
The sequential reading order as presented to readers in the manuscript pages.
Chronological Timeline
The true historical in-universe sequence of events across time jumps and flashbacks.
POV Swim Lanes & Subplot Matrix
Visualize narrative balance across characters and subplots with vertical swim lane columns that auto-populate based on scene metadata.
Drag-and-Drop Synchronization
Reordering beats in the outline instantly syncs chapter and scene dividers inside your manuscripts without losing paragraph content.