Every great novel starts with a plan. Edda gives you professional-grade plotting tools so you can architect your story with precision, track every thread, and never lose sight of the bigger picture.
From the Hero's Journey to Save the Cat, choose from eight proven story structures and let Edda scaffold your narrative from act one to the final page.
Manage multiple storylines, subplots, and character arcs in parallel. Know exactly where each thread stands in every scene of your manuscript.
See your entire story arc at a glance. A visual timeline shows pacing, tension, and where every beat falls across your manuscript.
You do not need to reinvent the wheel. Centuries of storytelling have produced structures that resonate with readers on a deep, almost instinctive level. Edda puts eight of the most powerful frameworks at your fingertips, each one customizable to your story's unique needs.
Select a template, and Edda pre-populates your beat sheet with the key turning points for that structure. You can modify, reorder, add, or remove beats to make the framework truly yours. Whether you write thrillers that follow the tight three-act model or literary fiction that traces a character's inner circle, there is a template that fits.
The classic monomyth: call to adventure, trials, transformation, and return. Ideal for epic fantasy and adventure.
Blake Snyder's fifteen beats, from Opening Image to Final Image. A favourite for screenwriters and commercial fiction.
Setup, confrontation, resolution. The fundamental backbone of Western storytelling distilled to its essence.
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement. Perfect for literary fiction and stage-to-page adaptations.
Gustav Freytag's dramatic arc with its distinct rising and falling slopes. Excellent for tragedy and classical drama.
Eight steps around the circle: You, Need, Go, Search, Find, Take, Return, Change. Intuitive and endlessly reusable.
Start with a single sentence and expand outward. A systematic approach to building complexity from simplicity.
Hook, Plot Turn 1, Pinch 1, Midpoint, Pinch 2, Plot Turn 2, Resolution. A precise roadmap for tightly paced narratives.
A beat sheet is the skeleton of your novel. Each beat represents a key moment -- a turning point, a revelation, or a shift in your character's world. Edda lets you define these moments, assign them to scenes, and track your progress as your manuscript takes shape.
Define any number of story beats with descriptions, notes, and target scene assignments.
Track your main plot, subplots, and character arcs as separate threads that weave through your scenes.
See which plot threads are active in any given scene, so you always know where each storyline stands.
When you are deep inside a scene, it is easy to lose perspective on the whole. Edda's outline view gives you a bird's-eye look at your entire manuscript -- every part, chapter, and scene laid out with synopses and status indicators. Drag and drop to reorganize. The story reshapes itself around your decisions.
A high-level overview of your entire manuscript. Collapse chapters, expand scenes, and see where you stand at a glance.
Rearrange scenes, chapters, and parts with a simple drag. Your manuscript reorganizes instantly, no copy-paste gymnastics required.
Write a quick summary and private notes for every scene. Plan before you draft, or capture context after the fact.
Group scenes into chapters and chapters into parts. Structure your manuscript however your story demands.
Complex novels have layers. A romance simmering beneath a political thriller. A mystery unfolding alongside a coming-of-age arc. Edda's visual plot timeline lays every thread side by side so you can see how they interact, where tension peaks, and where threads go quiet for too long.
Create dedicated tracks for subplots and character arcs. See when each one begins, escalates, and resolves.
Spot pacing problems before they reach your reader. The timeline reveals stretches of low tension or missing threads at a glance.
Every scene knows which plot threads pass through it, giving you exact context when writing or revising.
Hero's Journey, Save the Cat, Three Act, Five Act, Freytag's Pyramid, Story Circle, Snowflake, and Seven Point.
Define key story beats, assign them to scenes, and track completion as your manuscript develops.
Create and manage multiple plot threads and storylines that run through your manuscript in parallel.
Know exactly where each plot thread stands within any scene of your manuscript.
See all your plot threads and their intensity across your full manuscript on one visual timeline.
A high-level overview of your entire manuscript showing parts, chapters, scenes, and their status.
Drag and drop scenes, chapters, and parts to reorganize your manuscript structure instantly.
Write summaries and private notes for every scene to plan ahead or capture context for revisions.
Keep every secondary storyline and character arc visible alongside your main plot.
Nest scenes into chapters and chapters into parts for multi-layered manuscript structure.
Modify any story structure template to fit your process. Add beats, remove stages, rename phases.
Mark scenes as outlined, drafted, revised, or complete so you always know your manuscript's progress.
Stop juggling sticky notes and spreadsheets. Plan, structure, and track your novel with tools built for the way authors actually think.
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