# Make a save point

> Name the moment your draft is in so you can compare against it later or bring it back, in one shortcut from the page.

[Try it in Plot](https://app.inkwell.software/projects)

Plot autosaves as you type, so you never lose work. A save point is something else: a moment you name — "table read draft", "before the act two rewrite" — that stays in your history for as long as the project exists. You can compare any two of them and restore any one of them.

_A named save point from the keyboard — the label is what you will search for later._

1. **Get the draft to the moment you want to keep**

   Finish the pass you are on. A save point captures the whole script as it is right now.

2. **Press the shortcut**

   Press `⌘⇧S` / `Ctrl+Shift+S`. A small dialog asks for a label. (`⌘S` / `Ctrl+S` makes a save point without stopping to name it — useful mid-flow.)

3. **Name the moment**

   Write what this version _is_ rather than what you did: "first full read", "producer notes applied". Press `Enter`.

4. **Find it in History**

   Open the History tab in the right sidebar. Your save point is at the top of the timeline. Select it to read that version, compare it with the current draft, or restore it.

![The History tab — every save point in order, newest first (1). The draft-line switcher above the page (2) names the line whose history you are reading.](https://www.inkwell.software/help/history-tab.light.webp)

_The History tab — every save point in order, newest first (1). The draft-line switcher above the page (2) names the line whose history you are reading._

> **Tip: When to make one**
>
> Before a rewrite you are unsure about. After a pass you are proud of. Before you run a skill on the whole script. Save points are cheap; the free plan keeps fifty per project and paid plans keep far more — see [Plans and quotas](https://www.inkwell.software/help/account/plans-and-quotas).

## What next

- [Save points](https://www.inkwell.software/help/version-control/save-points): What a save point is, how it differs from autosave, and what the History tab lets you do with one: read it, compare it, restore it.
- [Changes and markup](https://www.inkwell.software/help/version-control/changes-and-markup): How Plot shows the difference between two versions: by scene and by line, on the page, with the same accept-or-reject reading whether a person or a skill made the change.
- [Try a draft line](https://www.inkwell.software/help/getting-started/try-a-draft-line): Open a parallel version of the whole script, rewrite freely, switch back and forth, and bring the better version home when you decide.
- [Read the full walkthrough](https://www.inkwell.software/resources/guides/first-save-point)

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