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TRANSFORM

TRANSFORM is a gradient. It lets a fact or feeling change form between source and target — love curdling into resentment, fear maturing into resolve.

The TRANSFORM palette iconThe TRANSFORM node as it appears on the StoryGraph canvas
Left: the palette icon you drag from. Right: the node as it looks on the canvas.
TRANSFORMOperator
Lets a feeling or fact change form along the way — love curdling into resentment.
TRANSFORM changes a fact or state qualitatively across the span from source to target — the same thread, but its nature has shifted. Unlike a flip, it’s a gradual morph.
AffectsA fact or relationship’s nature across the span — it morphs rather than flips.
Wire itWire it across the span where the change happens; set from→to (e.g. love → resentment).
Parameters
From formfrom · text
What it was.
AffectsThe starting form.
Examplelove
To formto · text
What it becomes.
AffectsThe ending form.
Exampleresentment
Use-case variants
  • Slow souringaffection erodes into bitterness over time
  • Growthfear matures into resolve
Unlike INVERT (a hard flip), TRANSFORM is a gradient — give it enough span to feel earned.

In the editor

The TRANSFORM parameter editor in the StoryGraph inspector
Select the node and its parameters open in the inspector on the right.
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