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title: Add Scene Metric
category: Scene Metrics
tags: scene metrics, custom metrics, pacing, revision
contextKey: sceneMetrics.addMetric
micro: Create a custom slider for a repeated story quality.
quickTitle: Add scene metric
quickSummary: Add a scene metric when a story quality is important enough to track across many scenes.
screenshot:
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# Overview

Add scene metric creates a new slider for this project. Use it for qualities that shape the book and deserve consistent attention.

# When Should I Use This?

Use it when the existing metrics do not capture something central to the genre or draft, such as dread, trust, magic exposure, clue pressure or comic energy.

# How To Use It

Name the metric clearly, describe what high and low values mean, choose a range, set a neutral default and keep the active metrics list manageable.

# Understanding the Fields

| Field | Use it for |
| --- | --- |
| Min and Max | The scale writers will use on scenes. |
| Default | The starting value before a scene is deliberately adjusted. |
| Sort order | Where the metric appears relative to other sliders. |
| Active | Whether the metric is available for scene editing. |

# Example

A gothic project might add "Uncanniness" where 1 means ordinary and 10 means openly supernatural.

# Writer Tip

Write the description as if future-you will forget what the slider meant.

# Common Mistakes

- Adding several metrics that measure the same thing.
- Creating genre metrics that only apply to one scene.
- Changing a metric's meaning halfway through revision.

# Related Guides

- [Scene Metrics](/Help/Article/sceneMetrics.overview)
- [Story Health](/Help/Article/storyHealth.overview)