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    ViewData["SeoTitle"] = "About PlotDirector | Built for Novelists";
    ViewData["SeoDescription"] = "Learn why PlotDirector was created by a novelist to help writers organise complex stories, manage continuity, and finish their books with confidence.";
    ViewData["SeoKeywords"] = "novel planning software, writing software, story planning app, author tools, plot tracking, character tracking, story timeline, novel organisation, fiction writing software, series writing software, continuity tracking, plot threads, story bible";
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    <section class="public-hero">
        <div class="marketing-container public-hero__inner">
            <p class="marketing-eyebrow">About PlotDirector</p>
            <h1>Built by a novelist. Designed for writers.</h1>
            <p class="marketing-lead">PlotDirector was created to help authors organise complex stories and write with confidence.</p>
        </div>
    </section>

    <section class="public-content-section">
        <div class="marketing-container public-narrative">
            <p>PlotDirector was born from a simple frustration.</p>
            <p>While writing novels, I found myself constantly switching between Word documents, spreadsheets, notebooks, sticky notes, and countless pages of notes just to keep track of characters, plot threads, timelines, and important story details.</p>
            <p>Existing tools either felt too simplistic for complex stories or too complicated to fit naturally into a writer's process.</p>
            <p>PlotDirector was created to be the tool I wished I had: a place where characters, locations, relationships, plot lines, assets, scenes, and story structure could all work together.</p>
            <p>Whether you're writing your first novel or managing an entire series, PlotDirector is designed to help you stay organised, maintain continuity, and focus on what matters most:</p>
            <p><strong>telling great stories.</strong></p>
        </div>
    </section>

    <section class="public-mission">
        <div class="marketing-container public-feature-panel">
            <p class="marketing-eyebrow">Our Mission</p>
            <h2>To help writers feel confident, organised, and empowered to finish the stories they want to tell.</h2>
        </div>
    </section>
</article>
