What is Character Notes?
Character Notes is a notetaking and organization app made specifically for fiction writers. It provides a suite of tools to keep track of all the elements that go into crafting a story, including character profiles, locations, story timelines, plot points, notes, and more.
The app allows writers to create multiple documents to represent separate stories or novels they are working on. Within each document, there are specialized sections for the key components writers need to develop:
- Characters - Create detailed profiles of each character including biography, physical description, personality traits, goals, etc.
- Places - Record descriptions and information about locations that feature in the story.
- Timeline - Plot the sequence of events in the story on an interactive timeline to visualize the plot.
- Notes - A section for any general notes, plot ideas, snippets of dialogue and description, research, and more.
- Storyboards - Visualize the story arc by arranging plot points on a storyboard.
By gathering all this information in a single, organized app, writers are able to view all their notes, profiles, and ideas in one glance. This saves time over keeping notes scattered across many files and documents. Features like search, tagging, and cross-linking related items makes Character Notes a valuable productivity tool for writers.
The app syncs documents across devices, allowing working on the go. It also includes many template forms and sheets to quickly capture ideas. Export options are available to share or backup elements. Whether crafting novels, short stories, game narratives or more, Character Notes aims to simplify building engaging stories and organising the writing process.
Scrivener, Character Story Planner, Story Planner for Writers, Character Story Planner 2, Storyline Creator, DocxManager, Fortelling - Writer Tools, Writer Assistant, Campfire Write, World Scribe, NovaScriber, Quoll Writer are some alternatives to Character Notes.