# The setting-change compass for scene re-entry

A location change can hide inside a paragraph break, a memory, or a shift in who is present. This compass helps a physical-book reader re-enter the scene without building a plot summary.

## Fix four coordinates

Save one page that makes the method useful, then complete the fields in your own words:

| Field | Prompt |
|---|---|
| **Place** | Where are the viewpoint character's feet? |
| **Time** | When is the action happening relative to the previous scene? |
| **Company** | Who is physically present, not merely remembered? |
| **Pressure** | What in the setting makes action harder or easier? |

Keep the page number as the route back to the source. Avoid copying a protected passage when a short paraphrase will do.

## Find the crossing point

- Look backward for the first concrete place word that changes.
- Separate a remembered place from the room where remembering happens.
- Name one setting detail that changes what the character can do.

Write one working sentence:

> My current reading is ____________________________________________.

## Review rule

After one page, update only the coordinate that the text corrects. The compass is successful when you can continue reading without inventing connective plot.

## Boundaries

This is a private reading-reflection aid, not a quotation archive, plot substitute, academic citation, factual verification, or proof of an author's intention. For consequential claims, return to the full passage and verify outside facts independently.

## Optional iPhone workflow

I am the developer of **Reading Journal: TabMap**, an iPhone and iPad companion for physical-book readers. It lets a reader save a page, a reason such as **Keep** or **Question**, and an intensity, with an optional private note. The free version includes one complete book map; no account is required, and books, markers, labels, and optional notes stay on the device.

[View Reading Journal: TabMap on the App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/reading-journal-tabmap/id6796663483)

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