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title: Story Era Baseline
category: Story Intelligence
tags: story intelligence, context, era
contextKey: storyIntelligence.context.era
micro: Guide unresolved period details using the broad era of your story.
quickTitle: Story Era Baseline
quickSummary: Guide unresolved period details using the broad era of your story.
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# Story Era Baseline

Choose the setting period rather than the year you wrote the book. For a story spanning periods, use No baseline when one choice would mislead. Explicit dates and period evidence in the manuscript take priority.

# Related Guides

- [Story Intelligence Review Centre](/Help/Article/storyIntelligence.reviewCentre)