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The Glasshouse · Outline builder

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Target length
90k
Standard novel
Outline so far
5 ch · 13 scenes
11,300 words drafted
Suggested scenes
~41
At your target length, roughly 6,923 words / scene
Pacing across acts
Act I · 5Act II · 5Act III · 3

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3 acts · 5 chapters

2 chapters · 5 scenes
3 scenes · 5,670 words
Ferry at dawn

Inciting image. Iris arriving alone, fog over the harbor.

Drafted1,840 w
The empty cottage

Sense of absence. June's coat still on the hook.

Drafted2,210 w
A note from June

Inciting incident. A folded note dated weeks before she vanished.

Drafted1,620 w
2 scenes · 4,220 words
Broken panes

First glimpse of the glasshouse — beautiful, ruined.

Drafted1,980 w
The orchid that lived

Hope quietly planted. Theme stated.

Drafted2,240 w
2 chapters · 5 scenes
2 scenes · 1,410 words
At the harbor cafe

Reunion that isn't a reunion.

Drafted1,410 w
What Mara won't say

First real obstacle. Information withheld.

In progress
3 scenes · 0 words
Walking the shore

Quiet before the turn.

In progress
The thing in the kelp

Midpoint reversal.

Planned
Tomas at the lighthouse

Ally crystallises. Stakes raised.

Planned
1 chapters · 3 scenes
3 scenes · 0 words
Mara's box

Crisis. The truth Iris feared.

Planned
Last bloom

Climax in the glasshouse.

Planned
Returning the secateurs

Quiet resolution. Theme echoed.

Planned