Storyboard and Chronology

What it does

Scenes can carry chapter and scene order for presentation, plus chronology labels or values for story-world time. That separation supports prologues, flashbacks, and deep-time sequences.

Why it matters

A nonlinear book needs more than one kind of order. Presentation order controls reader experience, while chronology controls what could plausibly be known inside the story.

• chapter_order and scene_order represent presentation.
• chronology_value and generated sort values represent story time.
• The model supports both grounded dates and relative/deep-time labels.