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title: Location Relationships
category: Locations
tags: locations, relationships, movement, sightlines
contextKey: locations.relationships
micro: Describe how places connect, whether characters can move, see or hear between them.
quickTitle: What are Location Relationships?
quickSummary: Location Relationships capture useful spatial connections such as nearby rooms, routes, sightlines and sound paths.
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# Overview

Location Relationships describe how places connect to each other. They can represent direct travel, visibility, sound, adjacency or other spatial logic that affects what can happen in a scene.

# When Should I Use This?

Use them when the physical relationship between places affects plot or continuity. They are especially helpful for overheard conversations, locked rooms, chase sequences and hidden movement.

# How To Use It

Choose the related location, relationship type and any relevant flags such as bidirectional travel, hearing or visibility. Add notes for exceptions, barriers or story-specific constraints.

# Example

The Landing may connect to the Blue Bedroom and allow loud noise to be heard through the door, but not normal speech. That detail can matter during a suspense scene.

# Writer Tip

Think like a reader reconstructing the space. If a later twist depends on where someone could go or what they could hear, record it.

# Common Mistakes

- Assuming every relationship works both ways.
- Forgetting sound and sightline differences.
- Recording atmosphere when the relationship should describe physical logic.
- Leaving notes vague when a clue depends on the layout.

# Related Guides

- [Location Details](/Help/Article/locations.details)
- [Child Locations](/Help/Article/locations.childLocations)
- [Warnings](/Help/Article/warnings.overview)
