Canonical name, nicknames, titles, pronouns, ranks, and forms of address.
HTML template
Character continuity tracker template
A crawlable HTML tracker for character names, facts, relationships, knowledge, motivation, emotional state, presence, and voice.
Template
What this worksheet captures
Use this character tracker when a manuscript has a large cast, revised backstory, dual POV, relationship changes, or dialogue voice concerns.
HTML
This template is plain crawlable HTML, with the full worksheet visible on the page.
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Stable identity
Record facts that should not drift without a story reason.
Age, appearance, backstory, family, skills, limits, and role.
Voice notes, dialogue habits, vocabulary, formality, and cadence.
Part 2
Change over time
Track growth, reversal, and new knowledge.
Relationship state by scene or chapter.
Motivation, fear, goal, and pressure.
Secrets known, secrets hidden, and when the character learns them.
Part 3
Continuity risks
Mark places where revision can make character behavior feel unsupported.
Backstory changed in one scene but not another.
Knowledge arrives before the character receives it.
Emotional state resets without bridge or strategy.
Worksheet table
Fillable structure
Field
Prompt
Character
Canonical name and variants.
Stable facts
Facts that must remain consistent.
Knows
Important information and when it is learned.
Relationship state
Current trust, conflict, debt, or intimacy.
Voice cue
Speech habit or style marker to preserve.
Workflow
How to use it
The template works best as a decision record, not a substitute for reading the manuscript.
01
Start with recurring characters
Track major POV characters, antagonists, love interests, suspects, and recurring supporting cast first.
02
Add evidence
Tie disputed facts to the chapter or scene where they appear.
03
Review after rewrites
Character rewrites often require knowledge, relationship, and motivation checks downstream.
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