PlotnodesFOR MYSTERY & THRILLER WRITERS
Connect your story
on one case board.
See the people, events, places and clues in your mystery or thriller on one visual board. Define their relationships, keep the truth straight and plan what the reader learns.
Apple Silicon Mac · No account required
Local-first. No account or AI needed to plan your story.
◈ THE LAST LIGHT● Saved locally
CHARACTEREvelyn Marsh
She remembers the light. She says she never went back.
2 connections ↗ CLUEThe missing key
Found in a coat nobody admits to owning.
Unresolved ↗ EVENT · 11:40 PMThe lighthouse goes dark
Three witnesses. Two different accounts.
Truth timeline ↗ LOCATIONNorth Point
discoversA place that keeps its secrets.
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There’s a question in your timeline.
Review the evidence. You decide what changes.
Story Board / Timeline / Story BibleILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE
FROM A TANGLED DRAFT TO A CLEAR NEXT STEP
Find the missing step.
Record a small part of your story. Follow the facts, then decide what to change.
PlotnodesInteractive illustration · synthetic story
Learns the number
⚑ The knowledge is used before it is learned.
Checks use the facts you record. They do not read your prose or guarantee a flawless story.
Record the event once
Connect people, places and clue knowledge from the event’s details.
Find the related facts
Focus on a character and follow the cited events, including undated ones.
Make your own correction
Change the recorded time here and see how the result changes.
ON YOUR BOARD
Relationships, timelines
and clues in one place.
Connect your story facts and follow the evidence behind each check.
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Connect the pieces
Build a visual board of characters, events, locations and clues. Give each connection a meaning, then follow the thread.
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Truth has its own timeline
Keep what really happened separate from when the reader finds out. Plan the reveal without losing the facts.
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Catch knowledge contradictions
Declare when a character learns a clue. Local checks can then flag knowledge used before it was acquired and show the cited cards and relationships.
Need another perspective? See story review ↗Manual, AI-assisted review is arranged separately with explicit scope and processing terms.
FROM FIRST CLUE TO FINAL REVEAL
Start with what you know.
Make a local project
Install the desktop app and choose where your story file lives. No sign-in needed.
Map your story
Add people, places, events and clues. Connect them and arrange the truth and reveal order.
Look for the gaps
Inspect local findings and the cards and relationships they cite. You remain in control of every change.
PLOTNODES FOR MAC
Start with
your first card.
Download for Mac ↗Apple Silicon alpha. Intel is not yet supported; Windows is deferred. No paid subscription.