Twice Upon a Dynasty

Executed as a traitor in her first life, a palace archivist wakes in her eighteen-year-old body six years before the coup – and the first person she must save is the man who signed her death warrant.

Yun Shu, palace archivist, was executed at twenty-four for falsifying the record of a coup she tried to prevent. She wakes at eighteen, still a junior scribe, six years before the coup, with every document in the archive memorised. The prince she tried to save is nineteen, alive, and – as far as this timeline knows – will order her death in six years.

What the package contains

• Complete story bible: logline, premise, setting and story engine
• World rules written as hard story constraints
• Character bible – 5 roles, each with a stated voice and a stated arc
• Relationship map
• Three-act structure with act-by-act episode ranges
• Turning points mapped to episode numbers
• Episode hook map for episodes 1-10: the closing beat of each episode
• Three written scene samples
• Production notes: cast, locations, key props, budget tier, shoot estimate
• Marketing copy you may reuse on your own platforms

Series facts

• 60 episodes at 60-90 seconds per episode
• Genre: Rebirth & Time Travel
• Vertical 9:16 format, mobile-first
• Production tier: High
• 20-24 days for 60 episodes at 3 episodes per day (costume changes limit throughput)

Production notes

• Cast: 16 speaking roles, 5 principal (2 female, 3 male), 11 supporting – requires period-cast scale
• Locations: 4 standing sets: archive hall, inner palace corridor, cold palace, walled garden; requires a period backlot or existing costume-drama location
• Key props: 40,000-document archive (practical: ~200 bound volumes), restricted shelf, imperial seal, red ink, six written preconditions
• Budget tier: High – period costume and set dressing dominate the budget; the most expensive production in the catalogue

Format note: this is a complete development package for a vertical short-drama series, not a shooting script with final dialogue. Episode dialogue is written in your own register.

Delivery and licence

• Instant download. One plain-text package file, no software required.
• Licensed for development, adaptation and production of the material described above.
• Adaptation, translation and sub-licensing require the extended licence supplied with the All-Access Master Library.
• Because the files are delivered immediately and cannot be returned, all sales are final once the download link has been used. See our Refund Policy.