Author Progress Report

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The Author Progress Report (APR) creates a spoiler-safe progress graphic for newsletters, social posts, Patreon, and Kickstarter updates.

01Progress Tracking02Reveal Options03Teaser Reveal04Preview Size05Export Quality06Styling Options07Export And Refresh08Campaigns

_{Author Progress Report — configure, preview, and export your progress graphic}

Progress Tracking

APR can measure progress in three ways:

Mode	How It Works	Best Use
Stage Tracking	Tracks one stage at a time against a scene goal.	Zero drafting, focused revision passes, or any stage-specific sprint
Full Manuscript	Tracks all scenes across Zero → Press.	End-to-end public progress across the full pipeline
Date Goal	Tracks elapsed time between a start date and a target date.	Deadline-driven campaigns and schedule-based updates

Stage Tracking

Stage Tracking focuses on one stage at a time. Choose the tracked stage, then set a scene goal when you want a fixed denominator. This is especially useful in Zero when you know the target scene count for the draft and want APR to reflect that specific push.

Full Manuscript

Full Manuscript measures the book across the full revision path from Zero to Press. Use it to show overall manuscript progress.

Date Goal

Date Goal measures progress through a date range. Set a start date and target date, and APR will show how far you have moved through that range.

Note

APR tracking is separate from the timeline’s Estimated Completion feature, which projects pace inside the working manuscript view.

Reveal Options

Control how much of your story structure is visible:

Option	What It Shows
Subplots	Multiple concentric rings for each subplot
Acts	Act boundary spokes dividing the timeline
Status Colors	Scene stage/status colors (Todo, Working, Complete, etc.)
% Complete	Large percentage number in the center

Tip: Uncheck all options for a simple progress ring—perfect for early teasers or minimal updates. Manual reveal options are disabled when Teaser Reveal is enabled.

Teaser Reveal

For campaigns, enable Teaser Reveal to automatically show more detail as your book progresses.

Reveal stages:

Stage	Shows
Teaser	Progress ring only
Scenes	Scene cells (no colors)
Colors	Scene cells with status colors
Full	Complete timeline with subplots and acts

Preset schedules:

• Slow: 15%, 40%, 70%
• Standard: 10%, 30%, 60% (default)
• Fast: 5%, 20%, 45%
• Custom: Set your own thresholds (1-99%)

You can click the middle stages in the preview (Scenes, Colors) to skip them and jump to the next stage.

Preview Size

The Size selector (Small, Medium, Large) controls the design intent of the graphic — which elements are shown and how dense the layout is — not the final export resolution. The dimensions below refer to the panel’s preview only. For a bare progress ring with no text or labels, switch the view mode to Ring.

Size	Preview	Design Intent
Small	150×150 px	Compact graphic for inline embeds
Medium	300×300 px	Default — balanced density and labels
Large	450×450 px	Full layout with all reveal elements

Export Quality

The exported file is always rendered at one of three pixel sizes, chosen via Export quality:

Quality	Output	File Size	Best For
Standard	1200 px	~150 KB	Web posts, social media, newsletters
Ultra	2400 px	~400 KB	Crisp embeds on high-DPI displays
Print	4800 px	~1.2 MB	Print-quality graphics, large banners

The combination of Size (design intent) and Export quality (resolution) determines the final PNG: e.g., Medium + Ultra produces the medium layout rendered at 2400 px.

Styling Options

• Choose Palette: Applies curated colors across the text elements, seeded from the Title color.
• Title, Author, % Number, Stage / RT: Font, weight, and color for each text element. The Radial Timeline logo follows the Publish Stage color.
• Transparent mode: No background fill, so the graphic adapts to any page. Works for PNG and SVG on platforms that keep transparency.
• Background color: Bakes in a solid background for email newsletters, Kickstarter, PDF exports, or platforms that rasterize SVGs.
• Borders: Scene borders and act division lines in white, black, none, or a custom color.

Export And Refresh

APR exports a static PNG or SVG file. The Output file row in the panel is clickable and reveals the current export file in your system file manager.

• Update frequency: Manual Only, Daily, Weekly, or Monthly. Manual mode requires clicking the update button in the APR panel.
• Refresh alert threshold: Days before showing a refresh reminder in the Radial Timeline View.
• Output file: Shows the current export file path for the default report or the selected campaign. Click it to reveal the file.
• Auto-update export paths: When size or schedule changes, updates the default export path if it still matches the default pattern.

Campaigns

Create multiple APR configurations for different platforms:

• Kickstarter: 7-day refresh reminders
• Patreon: 14-day refresh reminders
• Newsletter: 14-day refresh reminders
• Website: 30-day refresh reminders

Each campaign can have its own update frequency, refresh alert threshold, output file, export size, and reveal settings. Teaser Reveal can be enabled per campaign, and manual reveal options are available when Teaser Reveal is disabled.

Send A Campaign To Community

Community sharing is available when this vault is connected and Level 2 — Profile, books + APR or Level 3 — Profile, books + writing activity is selected in Community settings.

For each campaign:

1. Choose the campaign’s target book.
2. Enable Send to Community.
3. Click Send now to upload the current APR directly to your private My Share area, or use the campaign’s Daily, Weekly, or Monthly update frequency.
4. Review the exact image on My Share, then activate it when you are ready. Its book must be public first.

The local Update action still creates the campaign’s PNG or SVG export. Send now renders and uploads without requiring a separate local export. A scheduled campaign can do both when it becomes due.

Community uploads always land privately first. Level 2 permits the visual APR but does not share writing-day, streak, minutes, inactivity, or session statistics. Level 3 is the separate opt-in for broader writing activity.

Campaign schedules run while the plugin is open. Due campaigns are checked on plugin startup and hourly while the vault is open. If an update is missed while Obsidian is closed, it runs on the next startup.