: Re: Are there tools/software for planning your story using nested mindmaps and references to characters? I've been looking for a certain piece of software for a long time, but I never quite found

Any decent mind mapping software would do.
We commonly use editors for words, sheets, and slides, but there do exist editors for mind maps. As a class of software. Desktop and online.
Almost all of them support what you asked for.

I personally use Mindjet Mind Manager (ten years old verion, but still 200% functions to cover all my requirements):

nested mind maps, including links to other files;
easy references, tags, visual stuff, etc

Export to Word is a powerfull feature.

I easily wrote and edited a complex draft using a visual tree of logical blocks (chapters, paragraphs), with notes attached to each block. Then exported the entire story into Word.
In visual mode I had a logical structure with to dos, completion progress, research notes and even alternative branches. I edited notes, marked the ones I liked as "completed", and clicked "Export".
Once exported, it was a clean text in Word with styles I pre-configured.
A clean, proofread, logically structured, and formatted book in MS Word from a pile of notes with a click!

It is a paid software, but there are similar apps for free as well, I believe.

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