Creative problem
You may have a useful piece before you have a full idea
Not every idea arrives complete.
You may only have a sentence.
A name.
A sound.
A strange rule.
A place you can almost see.
That small piece may not be ready to become a full Card yet.
But it may still be worth saving.
A fragment is a piece worth keeping
A fragment is an unfinished idea that still has value.
It gives the idea somewhere safe to wait while you work out what it is.
A fragment might be:
- a line of dialogue
- a name with no character yet
- a rule you do not fully understand
- a place with only one clear image
- a question you want the world to answer later
How this works now
The full Fragment system is a future capability.
In the current Studio, you can keep a fragment outside the app, or save it as a simple General Card when you want it inside the world.
This keeps the current product honest.
A future Fragment record may become richer than a normal Card, but it should not be pretended into existence before it is built.
Example
A fragment might say:
The bells ring when someone lies.
You may not know where the bells are, who made them, or why lies make them ring.
If you want to save it in the current Studio, you could make a General Card:
The Liar Bells
Unfinished idea: bells that ring when someone speaks a lie.
Fragments can grow into clearer Cards
When you learn more, a fragment can become a clearer part of the world.
The bell idea might become:
The Liar Bells
Three bells in the old court tower. They ring when someone speaks a lie during a public oath.
Now the idea has a place.
It can connect to a tower, a law, a family, a trial, or a secret.
Try this with one of your ideas
Choose one unfinished idea from your notes.
Write it as one clear sentence.
Then ask:
- What part of this idea is already clear?
- What do I still need to know?
- Should this stay in notes for now, or become a General Card?
- What other idea might sit beside it?
Small fragments are enough.
What to remember
A fragment does not have to be finished to be useful.
The current Studio can hold it as a simple Card when you need it inside the world.
A richer Fragment system is later work.