Wide Shot
A macOS application for developing stories as recursive binary outlines, from major movements down to individual scenes.
One story, 5 levels. Scroll down the outline.
01The story1 part
- 1
The lights go down on a full house, and the Rio’s last film begins.
02Halves2 parts
- 1.1
Mara threads the last reel anyway, for a house of nobody.
- 1.2
The lights go down on a full house, and the Rio’s last film begins.
03Quarters4 parts
- 1.1.1
Dev admits he sold the Rio in March and couldn’t tell her.
- 1.1.2
Mara threads the last reel anyway, for a house of nobody.
- 1.2.1
Every call ends the same way: “We’re coming.”
- 1.2.2
The lights go down on a full house, and the Rio’s last film begins.
04Eighths8 parts
- 1.1.1.1
A letter taped to the box-office glass says the Rio closes on Sunday.
- 1.1.1.2
Dev admits he sold the Rio in March and couldn’t tell her.
- 1.1.2.1
The seat is row F, seat 9, booked under no name.
- 1.1.2.2
Mara threads the last reel anyway, for a house of nobody.
- 1.2.1.1
In a drawer she finds the staff rota from 1998.
- 1.2.1.2
Every call ends the same way: “We’re coming.”
- 1.2.2.1
Soon every seat is taken but one: F9.
- 1.2.2.2
The lights go down on a full house, and the Rio’s last film begins.
05Scenes16 parts
- 1.1.1.1.1
Mara unlocks the Rio for another ordinary Saturday.
- 1.1.1.1.2
A letter taped to the box-office glass says the Rio closes on Sunday.
- 1.1.1.2.1
Dev, the owner, won’t meet her eye.
- 1.1.1.2.2
Dev admits he sold the Rio in March and couldn’t tell her.
- 1.1.2.1.1
The bookings show one ticket sold for the final show.
- 1.1.2.1.2
The seat is row F, seat 9, booked under no name.
- 1.1.2.2.1
Nine o’clock comes, and F9 stays empty.
- 1.1.2.2.2
Mara threads the last reel anyway, for a house of nobody.
- 1.2.1.1.1
Halfway through the opening titles, she stops the projector.
- 1.2.1.1.2
In a drawer she finds the staff rota from 1998.
- 1.2.1.2.1
She rings forty numbers, one after another, into the night.
- 1.2.1.2.2
Every call ends the same way: “We’re coming.”
- 1.2.2.1.1
They arrive in coats over pyjamas and fill the rows one by one.
- 1.2.2.1.2
Soon every seat is taken but one: F9.
- 1.2.2.2.1
The holder of F9 slips in late. It’s Dev.
- 1.2.2.2.2
The lights go down on a full house, and the Rio’s last film begins.
About
A macOS application for developing stories as recursive binary outlines, from major movements down to individual scenes.
Every part splits into exactly two, and keeps the line of its second half: a part is where its stretch of the story ends up. A story starts as one line and is halved, and halved again, until the halves are scenes. Above is one written that way: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16.
The app
- Platform
- macOS
- Version
- 1.5.0
- Status
- Maintained
- Year
- 2026
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