WriCo treats the moving parts of a narrative as connected elements. Use the smallest useful profile for each one, then add detail when the story asks for it.
The five core elements
- Characters
- People or beings with identity, goals, motivations, relationships and an evolving arc.
- Locations
- Places with atmosphere, significance and details that keep the setting consistent.
- Objects
- Items whose ownership, history or significance affects the story.
- Plots
- Main and secondary threads that collect scenes, beats and consequences.
- Notes
- Loose ideas, research and reminders that do not yet belong in a structured element.
Create before you organize
- Open the relevant project section and choose New.
- Give the element a name that you can recognize in a scene picker.
- Write the fact that is most likely to affect a future decision.
- Link related elements from the relations section instead of repeating the same fact in several notes.
- Add a tag or group when the collection becomes hard to scan.
Groups and tags have different jobs
Use groups for a hierarchy: main cast, family, faction, region or act. Use tags for cross-cutting views such as point-of-view characters, “needs research” or “appears in the finale”. One element can belong to a group and carry several tags.
Relationships are story information
A relationship is useful when it changes pressure, access, loyalty or risk. Name the relationship in the direction that matters to the story, then revisit it when a scene changes the dynamic. The relationship map gives you a visual check that a connection is not only mentioned once and then forgotten.
Images and attachments
Attach reference images, audio or other supported media when they help you recognize an element. Treat generated images as visual references, not as a replacement for the descriptive facts your scenes need.