09. Characters

Creating and editing characters

Please note: Pressing 'Cancel' while in the 'Characters' window means that you lose

all information you entered. It does not just cancel information entered in the last

tab open.

Creating a character

1.Click the 'Characters' menu and select 'View/Edit' to open the Characters, Items and

Locations Box.

2.Press this button to open an empty Character window.

3.Enter Short Name, Full Name, Alternative Names, Tags and Description in the text

fields as required. If your new character will play a major role in your story, click the

unselected radio button next to 'Major' so that it changes from

to (new characters are set as 'Minor characters' by default).

4.Click on the 'Bio' tab and enter biographical details of the character.

5.Click on the 'Notes' tab and enter notes about the character (which you may wish to refer to later when writing scenes).

6.Click on the 'Goals' tab and enter character goals and motivations.

7.If you wish to add a picture of your character then click on the 'Picture' Tab.*

5.Press the 'Select' button.

6.Locate the picture on your hard drive and double-click it.

7.Click 'OK' to save.

*Tip from Spacejock Software: A picture no larger than 300 pixels long and 400 pixels wide is recommended as large images are slow to load.

Editing a character

1.Select 'View/Edit' from the 'Characters' menu.

2.Double click the Character you wish to edit or select the character and press this button to open the box. Crea