Stop scrolling through your manuscript looking for that one scene. Scene Finder lets you search by character, location, tension, quality score, and dozens more filters — and returns results instantly.
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Try ProseEngine FreeYour manuscript is 80,000 words. You need to find every scene where your protagonist is alone with the antagonist. Or every scene set in the library. Or every scene where tension drops below a 5. With a word processor, you are stuck using Ctrl+F and guessing keywords. With Scene Finder, you describe what you are looking for and get every matching scene in seconds.
This is not a text search. Scene Finder understands the structure of your novel. It knows which characters appear in each scene, where scenes take place, what the POV is, how long each scene runs, and how it scores across 14 quality metrics. You search by meaning, not by words.
For series writers managing hundreds of scenes across multiple books, Scene Finder is the difference between spending an afternoon hunting through files and spending ten seconds getting an exact answer.
Find every scene where specific characters appear — alone, together, or in any combination. Search for scenes featuring your protagonist, your villain, or any supporting cast member across the entire manuscript.
Search by where scenes take place. Find every scene set in the castle, every outdoor scene, or every scene in a location you need to verify for continuity. Locations are tracked automatically from your scene metadata.
Filter scenes by tension level to map your story's emotional arc. Find all high-tension scenes to verify they are spaced properly, or locate low-tension scenes that might need tightening before the climax.
Every scene is scored across 14 metrics — dialogue, pacing, tension, sensory detail, show-vs-tell, and more. Filter by any metric: show me all scenes scoring below 7 on dialogue, or all scenes where sensory detail exceeds 9.
Power users get full regex support for complex text searches. Combine regex with structural filters for precision — find every scene containing a specific phrase that also features a particular character and has high tension.
Search by custom tags, recurring motifs, draft status, word count range, or POV character. Layer multiple filters to build searches as specific as you need: "all first-draft scenes over 3,000 words with the love-interest tag."
No setup required. Your scenes are indexed automatically as you write.
Choose from 30+ filters: characters, location, tension, quality metrics, tags, POV, word count, draft status, motifs, and more. Combine as many filters as you need to narrow your search.
Scene Finder searches your entire manuscript — or your entire series — and returns matching scenes instantly. Results include scene summaries, scores, and locations so you can identify the right scene at a glance.
Sort results by any quality metric, word count, date, or chapter order. Click any result to jump directly to that scene in the editor. Refine your filters until you find exactly what you need.
The most powerful aspect of Scene Finder is quality-based search. Every scene in ProseEngine is scored across 14 metrics. This means you can ask questions that no other writing tool can answer.
"Show me every scene where dialogue scores below 7." Now you have a targeted revision list for dialogue. "Show me every scene with tension above 8 but pacing below 5." Those are scenes where the stakes are high but the writing drags — exactly the scenes that need tightening. "Show me all scenes where show-vs-tell scores below 6." Those are the scenes where you are telling instead of showing.
This turns revision from a vague, overwhelming process into a focused, systematic one. Instead of re-reading your entire manuscript hoping to spot weak scenes, you search for exactly the weakness you want to fix and get a precise list of scenes to revise.
Scene Finder does not stop at one manuscript. For series writers, it searches across every book in your series simultaneously. Need to find every scene where a secondary character appears across five books? Done. Want to check every scene set in a particular city across the entire saga? One search.
This is critical for continuity. When you are writing book four and need to reference something that happened in book two, you should not have to open a separate file and start scrolling. Scene Finder keeps your entire body of work searchable and connected.
Search across your entire series from a single query. Find every appearance of a character, location, or motif no matter which book it appears in. Results are organized by book and chapter.
Scene Finder returns results instantly whether you have 20 scenes or 2,000. Manuscripts of 200,000 words or more are searched without delay. Your entire creative output, always at your fingertips.
A scene finder is a search tool built specifically for fiction manuscripts. It lets you locate any scene instantly using filters like character, location, tension level, quality score, POV, word count, and more. Unlike basic text search, it understands the structure of your novel.
Yes. ProseEngine scores every scene across 14 quality metrics including dialogue, pacing, tension, sensory detail, and more. You can filter scenes by any metric — for example, find all scenes scoring below 7 on dialogue, or all scenes with high tension but low pacing.
Yes. Scene Finder works across your entire series, not just a single manuscript. You can search for every scene featuring a specific character across all books, or find every location that appears in the saga. This is especially useful for maintaining continuity in long series.
Yes. Power users can use full regex support to build complex search patterns. Combine regex with any of the 30+ filters for precision searches — like finding every scene in a specific location that contains a particular phrase and scores above a certain tension threshold.
Stop scrolling through your manuscript. Search it like a database — with 30+ filters built for fiction writers.
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