Relationships that change, scene by scene.
StoryVue charts character relationships as arcs, not labels. Each relationship is a run of phases, each pinned to the scene where it begins: allies, then rivals, then something else. Every scene shows the phase true at that moment. Free on every plan, with no AI.
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Move through the story and watch it turn.
This demo is the real thing, live. Step the playhead through the sample story and the label changes at the scene where each phase begins. Drag a phase's start and the whole arc reshapes around it.
How to chart a relationship arc.
Arcs live on the scene canvases, so they follow the Master Timeline: a phase holds from its scene until the next phase begins.
Draw the link. On a scene canvas, drag from one character to another. The Connection editor opens at once, with both ends named.
Add the first phase. Give it a label, such as old friends, and pick the scene where it begins.
Add the turn. Add another phase at the scene where things change. Tick Ends here when the relationship is over, and it disappears from that scene on.
Read it anywhere. Each scene canvas draws the phase true at that scene, and the scene ledger lists every relationship active there. Show dormant links draws the rest as dashed lines.
What else an arc can tell you.
Arcs are part of the free planning core. The checks and the character view that read them come with the paid plans.
Five kinds of link
Relationship, Takes place in, Causes or leads to, Uses system, or Custom. Each link has its own colour, and Reverse direction is one click.
Between Scenes
On Author, compare any two scenes: the phases that began, changed or ended in between, and what else was recorded.
Loose Ends
Also on Author: the relationships still left hanging at the last scene, before a reader notices.
Character timelines
On World Builder, walk one character's life scene by scene, with every relationship phase in order.
The rest of the writer tools.
The planning core is free with no time limit, and every account includes one free trial of the top plan.
Story timeline
Scenes in the order events happen, with in-world dates, ages and point of view. Free.
Story bible
Who knows what, how old everyone is, and what is still open, for one book or a series. Free.
Story canvases
Story, plot and scene canvases where the cast, places and links live, and every change is recorded once. Free, forever.
Every writer tool
The whole kit for novelists on one page, from the first canvas to the compiled manuscript.
Start with the sample story, or your own.
The sample story is Alice in Wonderland as a finished project: the full manuscript with point of view, dates and margin notes, wired to 85 entities, 57 connections and a 14-scene Master Timeline. It's on your Dashboard the moment you sign up and stays one click away under Start from…, beside the Ravensmoor campaign for game masters. Or start from an empty canvas. No credit card, no time limit.