Feature Ideas

Context: I write primarily short stories and tend to have specific sections for the draft and notes and such. I know I can make different documents for these but I like having them in one document because these are typically short stories and it would make things too unwieldy to manage all those separately. Ideally, it'd be nice to be able to create a document and set it as a template. That way when creating a new document from the dashboard, I could select either a blank document or a template. Alternative solution: Have the ability to duplicate a document from the dashboard (i.e. the 3 dot sub menu for each document has Rename, Move, and Delete - having a Duplicate option could be an quicker win perhaps)

I really love the templates, but it would be nice to be able to have a chart for Family Trees. Everything I've found doesn't work or costs so much money!

A template that allows you to outline all the chapters of a longer story and keep them all in one doc would be really nice. Maybe each chapter outline could be linked to specific chapter outlines.

I think a template to outline a character's power set and abilities would be helpful. For me, almost every character I'm working with has some form of them and it will be critical to ensure I'm staying grounded in their evolution as powers are critical for character development in my writing. Something to outline base abilities alongside strengths and limitations would be great!

This may be out of the scope for Ellipsus, but allowing communities to share their templates may be beneficial. I’m thinking something similar to template sharing function on Notion, or one akin to sharing pre-coded Tumblr’s blog themes.

I'm writting a story with a magic system and i'm having trouble remembering everything that is needed to make a magic system work. Like Rules for magic use. Laws around magic Magic interaction Social rules around magic

A shorter template than the story planner for just organizing a single chapter, what the characters are doing/motivated by, and connecting to themes, etc

I'd like to want templates on place the story is happening. Like it's history, how they first came to this place, its layout, etc.

Template for multiple one shots/short stories that go together and maybe contribute to one overarching story, but are separate stories at the end of the day.

I'd love to get a sneak peek of existing templates before choosing to add one to my dashboard.

more templates unrelated to story-planning. For example, templates for writing CV, taking meeting notes, and preparing blog posts.

A template to help you organize research and information needed to write your story. I personally write sci-fi so I have to research a lot of odd concepts and it would be cool to have a template to sort everything out!

First impressions are everything! So, perhaps a template for planning out how a certain character will be introduced and when?

It'd be nice to have a template to use for worldbuilding that would help us keep track of information regarding new mythical races/species. Things ranging from their physical appearances, culture and customs, social norms, and history.

a tabletop rpg planning template might be nice, stuff like outlining plot points, having notes on npcs and locations, info the players might need to know or items that might need notes on how they work, somewhere to keep track of encounter details, things like that so it can be organized. I'm a bit new to tabletop stuff and running campaigns, and I want to have somewhere I can keep my plans and update them as we go along.