TheokinsJ
Troubadour
Until a few weeks ago I thought I had everything under control, I was writing at a steady pace and things were going well. Now, roughly fifty pages in, I find that things are very quickly getting out of hand. I didn't realise how many characters I had actually created, and these are important ones; roughly twenty, and then there are almost as many minor ones who are mentioned in a sentence or two. I started mistaking characters for others, thinking two people were the same person, I need a way to organise it all.
The reason I have not put things on paper before is because things are likely to change. I started drawing family trees of my characters only to find that I would change their names to better-sounding ones, or would change the layout of the family tree because it would help with the plot and conflict. I didn't realise how many I had created, what ways do you use to keep track of your characters and their families?
The reason I have not put things on paper before is because things are likely to change. I started drawing family trees of my characters only to find that I would change their names to better-sounding ones, or would change the layout of the family tree because it would help with the plot and conflict. I didn't realise how many I had created, what ways do you use to keep track of your characters and their families?