Link Characters to Scenes
This could be an awesome feature for when you introduce a character to your reader or main characters!
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31 Dec, '17
Chet SandbergThis is necessary. As it is, I'm using a totally separate plot-line JUST to title them with the POV character so I'm reminded in each chapter and so I can see when doing plot overview where the POV shifts are.
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30 Mar, '20
TracyAnother writer software I've used is yWriter and this is a feature it has. It's very handy when you want to see where you characters are at. They also do this with location and tools (like weapons I suppose).
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04 Nov, '20
RodneyAs I see it, there are two features here. Tagging characters to a scene and being able to identify the POV. Both are critical, and creating a plotline for POV is a hassle. As Tracy pointed out, being able to associate locations with a scene is also extremely important. Again I've tried to do this in the plotline feature but it's not the optimal solution
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25 Mar, '22
MacKenzieAgreeing with Rodney—and everyone. Tagging is an important feature to track any number of categories—character, point of view, setting, theme, status.... I am really enjoying the cleanness of Dabble, but I'm not sure I can do without tags.
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30 Dec, '22
PreciousIn the draft, it is great to have a link for every character name to a folder that the editor might need to look at while reading the draft of the book.
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05 Jun, '23
Joshua HailpernIt is a two way experience too.. while writing being able to see key characters, objects highlighted and brought into the writing experience, then when looking at the character itself, seeing how/where it is referenced.
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28 Sep, '23
DavidPapyrus Author has this feature, and it's excellent. Not only link a character (or location) sheet to a scene, but highlight and create a character/location sheet if desired.
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26 Oct, '23
TimI feel that linking characters to every scene in which they appear would be a HUGE bonus, and in my opinion, it is very much needed.
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26 Jul, '24
ClareI came here to say this. I'd like to be able to add characters to scenes in my plot and MS so that I can click on their name and it'll take me straight to their info.
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27 Nov, '24
GreerPlottr has a similar feature where you can tag items, characters, setting, ideas, etc, and then apply them to scenes. Then you can filter the timelines and scenes for these specific things, and also keep track of item/character/setting/idea changes (like clothing and destruction of setting for ex) to keep track of those things. This would be amazing here, as Plottr is a little dated/clunky to use and Dabble’s setup is so clean and sleek. I am very interested in Dabble for that reason, but I don’t love having to use both to keep track of those things, so I’d love this feature! Thank you!
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07 Aug, '25
AntjeMomentan nehme ich die Karteikarten dazu. Früher habe ich Szenelisten mit der Hand geführt, da habe ich schon immer die Spalten POV, aktive Figuren und inaktive Figuren gehabt, das lässt sich sehr schön abbilden in eigenen Plotlines da am Ende. Ich hab noch einige Spalten mehr, so dass ich für jede Szene die Übersicht behalte, auch dramaturgisch. Aber wenn es bei den Figuren zu sehen wäre, welche sich grad wo befindet, das wäre noch mal ein Gamechanger.
Viele liebe Grüße und Danke für dieses tolle Programm, Antje aus Schwerin in Deutschland.
Currently, I'm using the index card feature for this. In the past, I used to maintain scene lists by hand, where I always had columns for POV, active characters, and inactive characters. This can be represented very well in dedicated plotlines at the end. I have several more columns to keep track of every scene, including dramaturgically. But to be able to see which character is in which location at any given time would be another game-changer.