The Stash

Somewhere to put the scenes that don’t fit yet: out of the book, but never out of reach.

The Stash at the bottom of the Manuscript sidebar, holding a chapter and two scenes, one of them struck through, waiting to be deleted.
The Stash, with a scene marked for deletion.

The Stash sits at the end of the Manuscript sidebar. Move to Stash takes a scene, chapter or part out of the book and keeps it there, with its text, status and synopsis. Stashed scenes aren’t built or counted. When one fits again, drag it back into the book, or choose Put Back at the End of the Book.

You can also drop files into the Stash straight from Finder: Markdown, plain text or rich text, which comes in as a new scene.

Deleting, safely

Deleting takes two steps. Delete moves the scene to the Stash, struck through, and it can still be undeleted. Only when you next save does it go, to your computer’s Trash. From there it can come straight back: drag it from the Trash into the book, and Septangular remembers its original name.

How

  • A scene’s, chapter’s or part’s right-click menu → Move to Stash or Delete
  • Bring it back: drag it into the book
  • Finish deleting: save with ⌘S