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title: Project Settings
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category: Projects
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tags: projects, settings, series, setup
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contextKey: projectSettings.overview
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micro: Define the working container for a novel, series or story world.
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quickTitle: What are Project Settings?
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quickSummary: Project Settings define the basic container your books, characters, scenes and continuity records belong to.
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screenshot:
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# Overview
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Project Settings define the working container for your story. In PlotDirector, a project can be a single novel, a planned series, a shared story world, or a large writing idea that will eventually split into several books.
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The project is where the major pieces connect: books, chapters, scenes, characters, locations, assets, plot threads, relationship history and workspace queues. The settings page keeps the practical identity of that container simple and editable.
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This is not meant to be a technical administration area. It is a place to name the work clearly, describe what belongs inside it, and choose useful starting options when beginning a new project.
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# When Should I Use This?
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Use Project Settings when you are creating a new writing container or adjusting how an existing one is described. This is useful when a standalone novel becomes a series, a working title changes, or the scope of the project becomes clearer.
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You may also return here when you want the project description to reflect the current shape of the story rather than the early idea that started it.
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# How To Use It
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Give the project a name that you can recognise quickly in lists and navigation. It can be a working title. You do not need the final published title yet.
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Use the description to explain the project in practical writing terms. Good descriptions mention the central premise, genre, series scope, or planning purpose. For example: "A gothic mystery series centred on the Blue House and the family secrets connected to it."
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When creating a new project, choose a starting metric preset if one is offered. This gives scenes a useful set of sliders for tone and pacing. You can refine scene metrics later as the project develops.
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# Example
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Project name: "The Blue House"
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Description: "A three-book gothic mystery series following Rebecca as she uncovers the hidden history of her mother's family and the house that shaped it."
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This tells you the project is larger than one book and that family history, mystery and place are central concerns.
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# Writer Tip
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Keep the project description useful to your future self. A sentence that explains the story's working purpose is often more valuable than polished jacket copy.
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# Common Mistakes
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- Creating separate projects for books that share heavy continuity.
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- Leaving the description as an early idea after the story has changed.
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- Treating settings as something you must perfect before planning can begin.
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- Choosing a project title so vague that several projects become hard to tell apart.
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# Related Guides
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- [Books](/Help/Article/books.overview)
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- [Characters](/Help/Article/characters.overview)
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- [Story Assets](/Help/Article/storyAssets.overview)
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