Duplicate Items

23 votes

'Create Copy' of plotlines, chapters or other items, so when you have your own template for things, you can easily just set up a template and duplicate it

Under consideration Suggested by: Anna Deeley (19 Dec, '17) • Upvoted: 29 Feb • Comments: 9

Comments: 9

25 Jan, '18
ChrisDK1984
I have so far not understood why there is a "generic" plot grid, when I am not able to copy any generic plot grids for any other/new projects. At this stage, I use plot grids for many things:
> reminding me of story, characters, time&space in scences,
> overarching classical dramatic stages or "the five stages of ..." when a character undergoes e.g. grief
> to track editing tasks
The latter two are pretty general so that I'd like to use them for any writing project.
30 Oct, '18
Mike
In particular, the ability to duplicate (or template) an entire story project would be of extreme help.
06 Dec, '18
Pieter Merged
I would like to duplicate a page/scene/chapter. Not sure if this was requested before or i am missing the feature. Please enlighten me if there is a duplicate feature.
22 Jan, '19
Mindy
Being able to make a template or copy a format from one chapter to the next would be really helpful.
01 Mar, '21
Seth Merged
It would be nice to be able to duplicate projects/folders/notes/scenes. This would allow us to setup entire project templates, as well as re-usable notes or scene templates.
11 Mar, '21
JohnBredesen Admin
"Duplicate" (suggested by Pieter on 2018-12-06), including upvotes (4) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
11 Mar, '21
JohnBredesen Admin
"Ability to Duplicate Items" (suggested by Seth on 2021-03-01), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
28 May, '21
Anthony Pero
This lack of duplication really cripples functionality. While I know you have revisioning, a common work flow is to duplicate a document, and have the original open while revising the duplicate. We could also easily build our own templates and keep them in a Templates folder in the Notes section with this feature. The ability to Alt+drag plot cards would be convenient as well, and to Alt+drag plot lines for duplication. That would allow us to make plot templates, and save them as well. For instance, I frequently write multi-arc stories, but each arch is structured the same way, and starts by Outlining the same seven plot points. It would be convenient to create a template of a plot grid with those seven cards already prepopulated on four or five plotlines, then just delete the plotlines I don't need.
11 Feb, '22
Preston Wright
I need to duplicate a folder that has many other folders with different notes inside them, and I don't want to go through the process of copy/pasting everything.