# Database for characters

**URL:** <https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/database-for-characters/11045>\
**Category:** Other Software & Development\
**Created:** [January 31, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/database-for-characters/11045 "2011-01-31T15:47:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![eae](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/b19c9b/32.png) [@eae](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/eae)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/database-for-characters/11045/1 "2011-01-31T15:47:24Z")

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Can anyone recommend a (simple) database that would work for keeping tabs on characters across a series of novels, plus plot details and threads?

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**Author:** ![Hugh](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Hugh](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Hugh)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/database-for-characters/11045/2 "2011-01-31T16:02:51Z")

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Some people use [Bento](http://www.filemaker.co.uk/products/bento/). But there’s also an application called Scrivener that’s rather good I’ve heard… 😉 (Set up folders for Characters, Locations and Events in the Binder, create templates with questionnaires or attributes, and transfer from project to project with drag-and-drop.)

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**Author:** ![eae](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/b19c9b/32.png) [@eae](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/eae)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/database-for-characters/11045/3 "2011-01-31T17:13:36Z")

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Naturally, as a complete Scrivener fanatic, who’s written my last four books entirely on Scrivener, that’s what I first tried to do, but I can’t sort and cross-reference and work out the threads in the way I need to. Thank you for the Bento suggestion.

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**Author:** ![exegete77](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@exegete77](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/exegete77)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/database-for-characters/11045/4 "2011-01-31T20:23:10Z")

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You might consider [Tinderbox](http://www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox/), very powerful program, and you will find some discussion of this very topic on the [Tinderbox Forums](http://www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox/forum//YaBB.pl)