Built for the fortieth episode, not just the first
Short-form series live or die on continuity. By episode twenty most tools have forgotten the premise. Series Maker carries the premise, every thread’s arc notes and the last ten episodes’ synopses into each new draft, and shows the whole run as one board you can scroll.
What the planner remembers
Every braid draft is given the series title and premise, the tone, each thread’s name, cast and arc notes, and the title, synopsis, beat headings and cliffhanger of the most recent ten episodes. It also sees which thread letters each of those episodes advanced. That is enough context for a draft of episode forty-one to respect the state of play without you re-explaining it.
For anything older than ten episodes, the arc notes are your long-term memory. Keep them current: when a thread lands a milestone, add a line. A long series is really a long set of notes with episodes hanging off it.
Pacing a long run
A sixty-episode board is wide. The useful view is the rhythm of filled and empty cells along each row. Threads that advance every episode burn out; threads that rest for ten columns are forgotten. A common shape is A every episode, B every second, C every third, with crossings at the quarter marks. The planner proposes rests with a one-clause reason, so you can see when it is pacing on purpose.
Resolve threads when they land and open new ones. A series that starts with three threads can retire one at episode twenty and introduce a fresh strand with a new cast, and the board shows the handover as one row ending where another begins.
- Up to 60 episodes per series, 50 series per account
- The last ten episodes and all arc notes feed every draft
- Threads can be resolved and replaced mid-run
- Episode columns can be reordered if the run needs restructuring
Budgeting a season
The price of a long series is almost entirely takes. A standard 720p eight-second take is 48 credits; a three-take episode at that tier is 144 credits plus 2 to draft and 2 to weave. At 480p the same episode is roughly half. A Weave subscription at 1,000 credits a month covers about six or seven standard episodes, and an Arc Pack adds a thousand credits whenever a run needs a push. The studio shows the exact price of every action before you confirm it.
Keeping the public page readable
Your public series page lists every public episode in order with its synopsis and the thread letters it braided. For a long run that list is the viewer’s map. Write synopses that stand alone, keep titles short, and publish episodes in sequence so a new viewer can start at one and scroll.
Takes from the preset ensemble
Each take is one thread's scene, rendered from library references so the cast stays recognisable across episodes.
Questions
- What happens when I reach 60 episodes?
- That series is full. Start a new series for the next season; the characters live in your library, so the cast carries over.
- Can I reorder episodes after they are woven?
- Yes. Reordering renumbers the columns and the takes inside them. Woven files are unaffected; only the numbering on the board and the public page changes.
- Does drafting get more expensive as the series grows?
- No. A braid draft is 2 credits and a single scene draft is 1 credit at any episode number.
- Who owns a long-running series I build here?
- You do. Everything you plan, shoot and weave on Series Maker belongs to you under our terms of service. Copyright works differently depending on the country you are in; when ownership matters for a deal or a release, ask a lawyer where you live.
Ready to braid?
The studio opens with thread names pre-filled from this page. New accounts get 2 credits to look around.