I just noticed that different storyforms affect the order of the settings listed in the Story Engine Settings Report (SES for short).
All SES reports seem to list the Character Dynamics and Plot Dynamics first… but after that, the order changes depending on the storyform. For my particular story, the MC story points are listed first (after the Character and Plot stuff), then the RS, then the OS, then the IC.
I was “spinning the model” earlier and going back to the SES report, which was when I noticed that other storyforms have the Throughlines listed in a different order. For example, I found a random storyform where in the SES, the OS is listed first, followed by the MC, etc…
To see this for yourself, load the “Star Wars” example file and look at the SES report. Then load the “A Clockwork Orange” example file, and again look at the SES report. The Throughlines are listed in a different order for each.
Does anyone know the significance of this?
Am I seeing Z, C, and X patterns in the way the SES report orders the Throughlines? If so, what does it mean?