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title: Add Scene Metric
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category: Scene Metrics
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tags: scene metrics, custom metrics, pacing, revision
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contextKey: sceneMetrics.addMetric
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micro: Create a custom slider for a repeated story quality.
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quickTitle: Add scene metric
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quickSummary: Add a scene metric when a story quality is important enough to track across many scenes.
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screenshot:
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# Overview
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Add scene metric creates a new slider for this project. Use it for qualities that shape the book and deserve consistent attention.
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# When Should I Use This?
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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.
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# How To Use It
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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.
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# Understanding the Fields
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| Field | Use it for |
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| --- | --- |
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| Min and Max | The scale writers will use on scenes. |
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| Default | The starting value before a scene is deliberately adjusted. |
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| Sort order | Where the metric appears relative to other sliders. |
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| Active | Whether the metric is available for scene editing. |
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# Example
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A gothic project might add "Uncanniness" where 1 means ordinary and 10 means openly supernatural.
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# Writer Tip
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Write the description as if future-you will forget what the slider meant.
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# Common Mistakes
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- Adding several metrics that measure the same thing.
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- Creating genre metrics that only apply to one scene.
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- Changing a metric's meaning halfway through revision.
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# Related Guides
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- [Scene Metrics](/Help/Article/sceneMetrics.overview)
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- [Story Health](/Help/Article/storyHealth.overview)
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