Additional layer for manuscripts
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Additional layer for manuscripts
New Feature Addition · Manuscripts · Created by RibenLARP
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manuscript manuscripts writing
What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?
At the moment manuscripts have one layer of depth. So you have your manuscipt and "chapters" as folders inside that manuscript containing the story.And while it is possible to add a table of contents in every text you add to said manuscript, you can't use it to navigate nor can you create "subchapters" within a chapter. As soon as you move a folder into an existing folder, the content inside vanishes for the readers.
Due to this situation it is impossible to group shortstories into chapters, while still seeing the titles of those shortstories in the lefthand navigable table of contents. Or to formulate it as a user story:
As a writer I want to be able to create subchapters in chapters.
As a reader I want to see the story titles of short stories grouped under a chapter in the table of contents area on the left side.
How does this feature request address the current situation?
Adding a second layer of depth would provide more felxibility for writers.Like some novels have a "book 1" inside the printed medium or a named chapter, while inside the "book 1" or named chapter there are more chapters with either titles or numbers as title. With a second layer of depth writers could group stories under a chapter without creating a "wall of text" and giving the readers the possibility to navigate between the stories or chapters of the same manuscript. What are other uses for this feature request? A second layer of depth might help writers to keep less manuscripts and gather more stories under the same manuscript grouping stories in chapters, instead of making a manuscript per chapter and having the stories inside those.
You could have a chapter with like seven short stories, navigate between them via ToC, while the next chapter is a longer story and the next chapter contains again a collection of short stories.
The Team's Response
This suggestion received very little support during the period of its voting. This will not be actioned. BUT there is already planned for Homer II the ability to create groups of manuscripts. In essense. No we will not go a step down but I will be adding a step UP allowing you to create the same thing. I am hesitant to create alternative structures for the navigation of manuscripts since that will introduce a variety of edge cases on the browsing and will make it much more complicated.
Current score
56/300 Votes · +8530 points
Votes Cast
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+100
by moonflower-writing
on 2021-06-15 01:08 -
+20
by Twaren Stormborn
on 2021-06-14 00:05 -
+300
by dragonshadow58
on 2021-06-13 22:08 -
+300
by Amanda Barylski
on 2021-06-12 23:00 -
+50
by AvalonArcana
on 2021-06-12 19:50 -
+50
by Bernsteinschmiede
on 2021-06-11 08:07 -
+200
by Snake__Venom
on 2021-06-11 06:33 -
+300
by Drake Ragon
on 2021-06-10 18:03 -
+300
by Laeris
on 2021-06-09 02:48 -
+200
by CecilieMylius
on 2021-06-05 14:54 -
+100
by timetunnel
on 2021-06-05 12:52 -
+300
by A Filthy Dryad
on 2021-06-05 10:56 -
+10
by AvalonFaery
on 2021-06-05 00:23 -
+100
by Mewpie
on 2021-06-04 04:13 -
+300
by shyredfox
on 2021-06-04 02:04 -
+300
by Cryssalia
on 2021-06-03 04:11 -
+10
by Kear
on 2021-06-01 09:47 -
+50
by Avataromvatar
on 2021-05-31 16:13 -
+10
by webgambit
on 2021-05-31 05:09 -
+300
by Aquilus_Decimus
on 2021-05-30 09:00 -
+100
by Melkizedek
on 2021-05-30 01:55 -
+50
by HLFarrow
on 2021-05-30 01:25 -
+300
by Polymorphic
on 2021-05-29 16:17 -
+300
by gfishbone
on 2021-05-29 11:12 -
+300
by William Lord
on 2021-05-29 10:02 -
+300
by A Revolutionary Bananafolk
on 2021-05-28 22:30 -
+20
by Hecatos
on 2021-05-28 20:35 -
+20
by Roknid
on 2021-05-28 10:27 -
+100
by Deliakatt
on 2021-05-28 06:45 -
+100
by PrometheanHindsight
on 2021-05-28 03:24 -
+300
by LeighThalion
on 2021-05-28 00:20Having the ability to subdivide manuscripts into parts would be SUPER nice. Both from a collection-of-short-stories perspective and a [Part 1, Part 2] concept. I have several stories in my worlds that would benefit greatly from having this ability!
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+10
by DaisyChick
on 2021-05-27 23:26 -
+50
by mergandore
on 2021-05-27 18:02 -
+100
by foxteeth
on 2021-05-27 16:16 -
+20
by FictionFan1995
on 2021-05-27 10:39 -
+100
by J B Dorman
on 2021-05-27 04:12 -
+100
by Vonnerath
on 2021-05-27 03:23 -
+300
by Deora Kyle
on 2021-05-27 00:34 -
+10
by Hanhula
on 2021-05-26 22:18 -
+200
by Rabidcandyvoid
on 2021-05-26 21:20 -
+50
by Morgurth
on 2021-05-26 21:09 -
+50
by mastergentleman
on 2021-05-26 20:50 -
+20
by Tyrendiel
on 2021-05-26 18:56 -
+10
by Michael Chandra
on 2021-05-26 18:50 -
+300
by RiverFang
on 2021-05-26 18:38 -
+300
by Owner000
on 2021-05-26 18:11 -
+50
by Nightfoot
on 2021-05-26 17:24 -
+50
by Rynn19
on 2021-05-26 16:48 -
+300
by lengna
on 2021-05-26 16:41this is something i requested back when manuscripts were new. this is a much better worded example of why it would be useful than what i had. I'm still all for it!
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+10
by SilverBeard
on 2021-05-26 15:09 -
+50
by corasnowbooks
on 2021-05-26 15:08 -
+10
by iamthetot
on 2021-05-26 14:39 -
+300
by User51
on 2021-05-26 14:12 -
+300
by PatheticBarrel
on 2021-05-26 14:08 -
+300
by Kummer Wolfe
on 2021-05-26 13:40I would certainly make use of this, such as with an Omnibus of stories. I would be more inclined to use Manuscripts more often.
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+50
by KajetanWrites
on 2021-05-26 13:35 -
+300
by RibenLARP
on 2021-05-26 13:34
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