StoryGraph · Node types
Setup
Setup plants the ground truth — the public facts a scene or chapter must honour. Its “Establishes” field is the point: what’s true, and known to everyone including the reader.
SetupNode type
Establishes facts the chapter must respect.
Setup is where you fix the canon a scene depends on — the public facts that everything after it must be consistent with. Its “Establishes” knowledge-layer field carries those facts.
AffectsThe canon the writing must honour from that beat on — what’s true and known.
Wire itPlace it early, before the beats that depend on those facts. Set “Establishes” to the facts everyone should know.
Parameters
Establishes (for all)
establishes · tagsThe public facts, known to everyone including the reader.
AffectsFixes the canon the writing must respect from this beat forward.
Use-case variants
- World setup — the rules or state of the world
- Situation setup — the specific starting state of a scene
Facts a later beat requires must be established (or revealed) earlier, or the engine flags a plot hole.
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