Querying

One of the reasons I standardized on the same top matter for my documents is because I like to keep track of things about each chapter:

• Who is in each chapter
• Who is talked about in each chapter
• Where is each chapter
• When is the chapter and how long it is
• What is the purpose of the chapter
• The outline of the chapter
• The editing status of the chapter

One could also use the top matter to track the point of view of each chapter, though I write single POV stories, or the scene/sequel if you follow Dwight V Swain's's ideas.

I use this information from the source file to populate the links at the bottom of the online page, the timeline for the individual characters (currently missing from my website), and a whole other slew of information.

While writing, I can also use the tools to query information about the chapters.

• Markdowny