Glossary
Terms of the story pipeline
Chinese web-fiction and short-drama terms, with English equivalents and how ZenStory AI tools put each one to work.
- 扫榜 chart scanning (finding patterns across ranking samples)
- 扫榜 (sǎo bǎng, 'chart scanning') means reading ranking and recommendation samples to find repeated patterns such as genre, protagonist setup and opening angle. How to do itOh Story
- 拆文 deconstruction (analyzing a reference text into reusable story components)
- 拆文 (chāi wén) is structured analysis of a reference work: outline rhythm, plot modules, emotional beats, character functions, style and setting. How to do itOh Story
- 去AI味 de-AI editing / de-slop (bounded editing of formulaic prose patterns)
- 去AI味 (qù AI wèi, 'removing the AI flavor') is editing out formulaic phrasing and repeated sentence patterns common in model output so prose reads naturally. How to do itOh Story
- 漫剧 motion comic / animated drama (rather than live-action short drama)
- 漫剧 (màn jù, 'motion comic') is a short serialized drama told through animated or comic-style imagery, as opposed to live-action footage. How to do itDrama Skills
- 黄金三章 golden three chapters (an early-opening analysis checkpoint)
- 黄金三章 ('golden three chapters') is a serial's opening three chapters, read as one unit to check that premise, conflict, hooks and payoffs land early. How to do itOh Story
- 爽点 payoff beat (a planned moment of emotional satisfaction)
- 爽点 (shuǎng diǎn, 'payoff beat') is a planned moment of emotional payoff that answers an expectation built by earlier conflict or setup. How to do itOh Story
- 钩子 hook (an opening, ending or paragraph-level reason to keep reading)
- 钩子 (gōu zi, 'hook') is a device at a chapter break or inside a paragraph that pulls the reader onward, such as an open question, a countdown or a reversal. How to do itOh Story
- 套路 trope / formula (Oh Story's emotional-payoff framing)
- 套路 (tào lù) is a familiar, reusable story pattern in web fiction, translated as 'trope' or 'formula'. How to do itOh Story
- 分集地图 episode map (a series-level handoff plan for later writing)
- 分集地图 (fēn jí dì tú, “episode map”) is an episode-by-episode plan for a short-drama series. How to do itDrama Skills
- 导演阐述 director's statement (a candidate visual direction and production profile)
- 导演阐述 (dǎo yǎn chǎn shù, 'director's statement') is a document that sets a project's visual direction and production constraints. How to do itDrama Skills
- 冻结关键帧 frozen keyframe prompt (a specification for the visible shot-start frame)
- 冻结关键帧 (dòng jié guān jiàn zhēn, 'frozen keyframe') is the prompt or specification for the visible start of a shot in a Drama Skills storyboard. How to do itDrama Skills