: Re: Database for Characters? I have been on the search (passively, that is) for some sort of database type tool to put characters in. I would want/need the basic stuff (height, birthdate, skin color,

@Tiffany377

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Some really great ideas here already, and I would offer that software specifically for writers like Scrivener, which allows cross-linking and relating functions, might be ideal.

But also, along the lines of Microsoft Access, which is designed for small desktop tasks like this, I would forward WPS Office by Kingsoft, which offers a free version, or LibreOffice or OpenOffice, which are both free.

You can then experiment, free of cost, with using both a database and a spreadsheet, as suggested by Lauren Ispum.

You might also investigate using yWriter or similar. From yWriter's web page:

Feature list:
Organise your novel using a project.
Add chapters to the project.
Add scenes, characters, items and locations.
Display the word count for every file in the project, along with a total.
Saves a log file every day, showing words per file and the total. (Tracks your progress)
Saves automatic backups at user-specified intervals.
Allows multiple scenes within chapters
Viewpoint character, goal, conflict and outcome fields for each scene.
Multiple characters per scene.
Storyboard view, a visual layout of your work.
Re-order scenes within chapters.
Drag and drop of chapters, scenes, characters, items and locations.
Automatic chapter renumbering.
... And many more

Hopefully, these answers provide enough information for you to choose the tool which works best for you. :)

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