How to keep track of your characters: your whole cast on one map

Your cast, and the chapters they share, on one map. In Creator Studio, click the Characters icon in the left rail. Your cast list starts empty. Under Names in your prose, we list the names that turn up three times or more. Click the plus beside a name to add them to your cast. Add the others the same way. Each card shows their mentions in this chapter, and how many chapters they're in. Click a character to open their profile. The bars show how much they appear in each chapter, from first to last. Say how much of the book they carry: main, supporting or minor. Then write who they are. Below that are personality, appearance, and facts to keep straight, like age and where they're from. Under Who they know, add a relation. Pick a character, say how they're related, then click Done and save. Open the profile again, and Where they turn up lists every chapter they're in, with a count for each. Click a chapter to go straight there. Each name in your cast is tinted in its own colour. To see the whole cast at once, click Cast map. A dotted line means two characters share chapters. A solid line carries the relation you added. Click anyone to see who they're with most often. Drag the slider to show the cast up to any chapter. Next, watch Format your book.