What’s the difference between a chapter and a scene?

A chapter is a top-level part of the book. A scene is a child under a chapter — useful for beats you reshuffle. Export still compiles in binder order.

Updated Aug 30, 2026

The binder is the book

Chapters and scenes in one tree. Not a folder of files. Jump, rename, nest, reorder.

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Chapter 12

The Harbor

Mira stood under the platform light. The train was late again. She almost texted Jonah — then put the phone away.

The platform smelled like wet iron. She counted the tiles between her boots and the yellow line — something to do with her hands that wasn’t the phone.

Somewhere down the line a horn sounded — long, then gone. She kept the letter in her coat and did not look at the clock again.

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BinderYour chapters

BinderYour chapters

The left rail is the binder: chapters, optional scenes under chapters, status, synopsis, and word counts. Reorder by dragging. Nest scenes with a parent chapter. Cards and Outline are other views of the same tree — they don’t duplicate the book.

1
Add a chapter
New chapter from the binder. Optional synopsis and status (draft, done…).
2
Nest a scene
Scenes live under a chapter. Use them for beats you want to move without splitting files.
3
Cards or Outline
Cards = corkboard of synopses. Outline = table of status and words. Same binder.

Questions

What’s the difference between a chapter and a scene?: A chapter is a top-level part of the book. A scene is a child under a chapter — useful for beats you reshuffle. Export still compiles in binder order.

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