FAQ

Custom/Alien Calendars

Use Planetary Time to convert Earth dates into your story’s calendar. Configure day length, year length, labels, and an epoch offset in Settings → Core.

01Custom/Alien Calendars02I Use the Snowflake Method03I Use Dramatica

1. Enter When dates in Earth time for chronology and elapsed-time calculations.
2. Use the Planetary Time display and calculator to translate dates for your prose.
3. Add Backdrop notes or micro-backdrop rings for seasons, tidal windows, eras, and other world events.

I Use the Snowflake Method

Radial Timeline visualizes the scene list and draft you develop with the Snowflake Method.

Snowflake output	Use in Radial Timeline
Scene spreadsheet	Create scene notes and view their order and distribution
Scene narratives	Keep prose and properties together in each note
First draft	Track revision progress, subplots, and chronology

Track character arcs as colored subplots and use the POV markers on the cast in scene hovers, set by each book’s narration. Add a custom beat system when you want structural milestones, then use Gossamer to compare beat scores. Pulse evaluates scene flow in manuscript or subplot order.

I Use Dramatica

Q: Can I use Radial Timeline with Dramatica?

A: Yes. Use a custom beat system for signposts and scene properties for Throughline data.

1. Beats System: Set Settings → Core → Story beats system to “Custom”. Name your system (e.g., “Dramatica Signposts”), add your beats, and assign them to acts. Use Create beat notes to generate beat notes, or manually create notes with Class: Beat and Beat Model: Your System Name.
2. Advanced Metadata: Under Settings → Core → Scene properties, use Show advanced properties editor to add Dramatica-specific keys to your advanced scene properties. See Advanced properties editor. For example, you can add fields like:

   dramatica:
     MC: Universe
     OS: Mind
     IC: Psychology
     RS: Physics

   Your Dramatica data stays with the scene it describes.