Riders
Writing and organizing sections
Enable what you need, reorder with drag and drop, and write in plain language.
Everything in a rider lives inside a section — Schedule, Audio FOH, Catering, and so on. The editor is built around turning the right sections on and writing in them.
The sidebar is your map
On the left you'll see all 28 section types Plot supports. The common ones sit near the top: Schedule, General Requirements, Stage Requirements, Audio FOH, Audio Monitors, Input List, Backline, Risers, Stage Plan, Dressing Rooms, Catering, Security, Tech Info Sheet, and more.
A small toggle next to each section turns it on or off. Off sections don't appear in the document or the exported PDF — they're just hidden until you need them.
Reordering with drag and drop
Grab the handle next to a section name and drag. The order in the sidebar is the order in the document and the PDF. Most artists put Schedule first, then technical sections, then hospitality, but there's no rule.
Writing inside a section
Click anywhere in a section's body to start editing. It behaves like a normal text editor — bold, italic, bullet lists, numbered lists, headings.
Different sections default to different kinds of content:
- Rich text — the default for almost everything. Just write.
- Contacts table — shows up in the Contacts section. A row per person with name, role, phone, and email.
- Key-value pairs — good for short facts like stage dimensions or power specs.
- Checklist — great for Backline or Catering where you have a clear list of items.
- Image — drop in a floor plan, a reference photo, whatever helps.
- Stage Plan embed — pulls in a stage plot you made in Plot.
- Input List embed — pulls in an input list you made in Plot.
You don't have to pick a block type manually for most sections. The defaults are sensible.
Width: full or half
Each section has a width toggle. Full takes the whole page. Half takes half. Put two half-width sections next to each other and they sit side-by-side in the PDF — nice for pairs like "Stage Dimensions" and "Power", or "Catering — Lunch" and "Catering — Dinner".
On narrow screens everything stacks vertically anyway, so nobody gets squeezed.
Autosave
Every keystroke is saved. There's no Save button because there's nothing to save — it already happened. If your connection drops, Plot catches up when it comes back.
A few practical habits
Write for a stranger
The person reading your rider has never met you. Spell things out. "Backline provided by venue" beats "see previous email".
Use the checklist block for gear
In Backline and Catering, a checklist reads faster than a paragraph and scans better on a printed page.
Keep Contacts honest
Put real phone numbers on the Contacts section. Venues will call day-of-show when something's wrong, and you want them to reach the right person fast.
Review before every tour
Riders rot. What was true last year isn't always true now. Skim the whole document once before sending to a new venue.
What's next
Got an old PDF rider from another artist or a previous version? You can import it instead of retyping. See Importing an existing rider PDF.