Fields worth tracking
- Current name, aliases, title, and first appearance
- Arc status: active, absent, hidden, dead, changed, or returning
- Relationship state with the protagonist and key side characters
- Secret, promise, debt, wound, or unresolved question
- Ability, limitation, injury, resource, and last major change
Chapter continuity checks
- Does the character know this information yet?
- Did their relationship state change on-page?
- Did their powers or limits shift without a setup scene?
- Did an old promise disappear from the story?
Get the complete character workflow
The Serial Fiction Author Kit includes character sheets, story bible, worldbuilding tracker, chapter consistency checklist, blurb worksheet, and publishing checklist.