Creating Scenes on Notebook.ai
Scenes are events that happen in your world, ranging in size from a nice breakfast to entire wars.
Creating scenes on Notebook.ai is easy.
To get started, just click Scenes under the "Worldbuilding" header in the site sidebar. You'll be able to see or edit all of your existing scene pages and create new ones at any time. You can also customize your Scene template for all of your pages here.
Search your scenes
If you've got a lot of scenes, you can quickly get around to the right one with Notebook.ai's full-text search. It searches your entire notebook for anything you wrote about that scene.
You can also filter your scenes by tag, whether you've favorited that page, and which universe it's in.
Private by default
Your ideas are valuable. Every scene you create in Notebook.ai is owned by you, completely private by default, and only accessible to you.
But of course, you also have full control over that privacy and can share any scene page you want, however you want, whenever you want.
Scenes are a Premium page
Scene notebook pages require an active Premium subscription to create, but users on free plans can view and edit their existing scene pages at any time.
Notebook.ai is your personal worldbuilding notebook; any page you create is yours forever and you'll never lose access to any part of it for any reason — even if you downgrade to a free account in the future.
local_movies Get a head start with a detailed, customizable scene template
You can fill out as little or as much as you'd like on every new scene. You'll see progress indicators every time you edit it to show where you can make progress on and our system will intelligently generate questions for you around the site that will automatically save your answers to the proper place on your scene page.
Templates are also fully customizable across every scene in your notebook.
You can browse the default template for scenes here; just click a category to see the questions it starts with.
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NameWhat is the name of this scene?
SummaryIn short, what happens in this scene?
UniverseThis field allows you to link your other Notebook.ai pages to this scene.
TagsThis field lets you add clickable tags to organize your scenes.
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Characters in sceneThis field allows you to link your other Notebook.ai pages to this scene.
Locations in sceneThis field allows you to link your other Notebook.ai pages to this scene.
Items in sceneThis field allows you to link your other Notebook.ai pages to this scene.
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What caused this?What previous events led to this scene?
DescriptionWhat happens in this scene?
ResultsAt the end of this scene, what has changed?
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NotesWrite as little or as much as you want!
Private notesWrite as little or as much as you want! Private notes are always visible to only you, even if content is made public and shared.
More scene features
Scenes require an active Premium subscription to create. Once you've created a page, it's yours forever! The following features are always enabled for all Scene pages to help you build the wonderful world in your head.
AVAILABLE ON ALL PAGES
photo_library Upload images to your scene
Scenes and other worldbuilding pages all come with a dedicated area to upload and showcase your own uploaded images.
The images you upload replace any default images the site uses, which makes your notebook truly feel yours when you see all of your fancy scenes around the site!
50MB
free for all users
+10GB
for Premium subscribers
AVAILABLE ON ALL PAGES
vpn_lock Focus on scenes from a single universe
Building entire fictional worlds is hard! And it gets even harder when you've got ideas that span multiple universes or worlds.
To help you focus on what's relevant, Notebook.ai lets you focus on a single universe at a time. This hides your notebook pages from all other universes and lets you work on your world without distractions.
To focus on a single universe, simply select it from the top-left dropdown of any page.
AVAILABLE ON ALL PAGES
group_add Invite others to collaborate
Notebook.ai lets you add an unlimited number of collaborators to your universes for free. Each one has full access to work alongside you on your scenes and other pages within that universe.
If you have a Premium subscription active, your collaborators can also share all of your Premium perks while working in your universe, too!
AVAILABLE ON ALL PAGES
brightness_4 Work in light or dark mode
Protect your eyes at night by choosing between light and dark themes at the click of a button, available across the entire website.
AVAILABLE ON ALL PAGES
local_movies Craft your perfect scene piece by piece with personalized, smart writing prompts
Once you've started creating a scene or two, you'll start noticing our worldbuilding tool asking you personalized questions about those scenes around the site.
Whenever you write an answer to any of these prompts, they'll automatically be saved to the relevant field on your scene notebook page and you won't be asked the same question again.
favorite We're here to stay.
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local_movies Write smarter with your world at your fingertips.
When you're ready to start writing, Notebook.ai makes it easy to take the world you've built and keep it at your fingertips, ready to reference any time you need it.
Every account on Notebook.ai also includes unlimited document storage using our integrated editor that's full of smart features. You can link your scenes and other worldbuilding pages to individual documents to see them directly inside the editor — making it easy to reference small details without losing momentum.
If you prefer to use another word processor, our page search makes it easy to look up any information you need about your world, letting you focus on the big picture story instead of fretting over the small details.
description Take your story to the next level with more integrated tools
Our other integrated tools allow you to build upon the foundation you lay from a world of scenes and other notebook pages. Each feature offers new ways to enrich your world and write better stories within them.
- timeline Start working on a timeline and add your scenes to the individual scenes that are relevant to them.
- description Create unlimited documents and link your scenes to them.
- auto_stories Group your notebook pages together in new ways by adding them to Collections.
- ballot Share your scenes to your followers or to the world to get comments and feedback.
- local_movies See in a single place all the timelines, documents, collections, and other pages your scene is linked to.
Scenes are just one of the 29 types of worldbuilding pages available on Notebook.ai.
Create your first scene today!