Novel-It Docs

04 Character Management

Character profiles, relationships, and organisation

FEAT-0401 Create character

StatusIn Progress
Phase1

Description

The user shall be able to create new characters. Characters shall have the following attributes:

  • Full name
  • First name
  • Middle name
  • Last name
  • Nickname
  • Aliases
  • Gender
  • Age
  • Role in story
  • Physical description
  • Interview
  • The lie they believe
  • Arc in story
  • Character image
  • Relationships
  • Appears in scene list

FEAT-0402 Edit character

StatusIn Progress
Phase1

Description

The user shall be able to click on a character’s card on the character dashboard and edit the characters details.

FEAT-0403 Archive character

StatusDraft
Phase2

Description

From the character’s details page the user shall be able to archive a character.

Archived characters do not appear on the character dashboard

FEAT-0404 Unarchive character

StatusDraft
Phase2

Description

From the character dashboard the user shall be able to display a list of archived characters and select characters to unarchive.

Once unarchived, the character shall appear on the character dashboard again.

FEAT-0405 Delete character

StatusDraft
Phase2

Description

  • From the character’s details page the user shall be able to delete a character.
  • A warning shall be displayed that this is permanent
  • When a character is deleted any manuscript that refers to the character remains unchanged

FEAT-0406 Character sharing

StatusDraft
Phase4

Description

  • The user can share a character amongst more than one novel
  • From the character details page the user can add the additional novels that the character will appear in
  • When the user opens the additional novels and navigates to Characters then the character shall be displayed.
  • If a shared character is edited then the edits appear in all novels where the character exists
  • If a shared character is archived then it is archived for all novels
  • If a shared character is deleted then it is deleted for all novels