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Characters & relationships

Want, need, wound, flaw, secret, arc — for everyone.

Each character carries the fields writers actually use to build a person, plus a voice note. A relationship map shows who pulls on whom, and every character lists the scenes they appear in.

What it does

  • Want, need, wound / ghost, flaw, secret, arc and voice for each character
  • Relationships by kind (family, romance, rival, ally, mentor, boss, friend, enemy) drawn as a map
  • “Appears in”: every outline scene the character is cast in
  • Deleting a character cleans up every link to them; notes about them move to the project

How to use it

  1. Characters → Add character
  2. Fill the fields you know; leave the rest blank
  3. Add relationships to see the map

Step by step

Screenshots of the app, on the sample series. Click one to see it full size.

  1. Characters lists everyone in the series; the relationship map below shows who is tied to whom.
    Characters lists everyone in the series; the relationship map below shows who is tied to whom.
  2. Add character, then fill only the fields you know: role, want, need, wound, flaw, secret, arc, voice. Blank is fine.
    Add character, then fill only the fields you know: role, want, need, wound, flaw, secret, arc, voice. Blank is fine.
  3. + Relationship links two characters with a kind (family, rival, ally…) and the tension between them; the map redraws as you go.
    + Relationship links two characters with a kind (family, rival, ally…) and the tension between them; the map redraws as you go.

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