--- title: "Story Bible Software for Novelists: Characters and Places | Journzy" description: "A character database and series bible with aliases, appearance maps and facts that change over time. The Free plan never expires. Author adds Discoveries." url: "https://journzy.com/en/features/story-bible" language: "en" --- # A story bible that keeps up with your manuscript Journzy's character database and series bible follow your manuscript as you write. Each entry holds a character's aliases, the scenes where they appear, and the facts that change from chapter to chapter. ## A character database that grows with your draft Every character and every place has an entry, with ordered sections of facts or free text. Entries link to each other to hold the relationships, and you mention anyone from the editor with @. - **Entries, relationships and aliases (Free).** Characters, places and the relationships between them. Each entry holds up to 30 aliases: every name a character goes by. You can view and edit them on the entry. - **Alias-aware mentions (Free).** Journzy recognizes the name and the aliases in your text. If an alias fits two entries, it asks which one you mean and never merges them. - **Appearance maps (Free).** Each entry lists the scenes where it appears, with the sentence containing its name. Every appearance is marked as linked, detected or waiting for your choice. ## Facts that change across the story A character cuts their hair, changes jobs or switches sides. The bible stores each change next to the point in the story where it starts. - **Facts that change over time (Free).** When you edit a fact, you choose whether it holds from that scene onward or for the whole story. The changes show up in the Timeline. ## Build the bible for your novel Start with one character and let aliases and appearances fill in as you write. The Free plan never expires. [Start free](https://write.journzy.com/onboarding?step=1) ## A story bible that fills in while you write With Author, every time a scene saves, Journzy reads what is new. Nothing enters your bible without your approval. Journzy never touches your manuscript. - **Discoveries (Author).** A place or a character that appears for the first time lands in Discoveries with the line that proves it. One tap adds it to the bible, or you dismiss it. - **Autopilot (Author, optional).** It updates the facts on entries that already exist. Each change is logged in the bible history, with an Undo button. - **Bible extraction after an import (Author).** When you import a manuscript, Journzy proposes entries from the text, each with its quote. You decide which ones go in. ## How it works 1. Create the entry for a character or a place. If you import a manuscript, review what Journzy proposes (Author). 2. Add the aliases each character goes by. 3. Write. Journzy recognizes names and aliases and links them to their entry. 4. Open an entry to see its appearances and its facts at any point in the story. 5. With Author, accept or dismiss the Discoveries that arrive when each scene saves. ## Your bible, always up to date Start free with entries, aliases and appearances. When you want the bible to fill itself in, move to Author: $19/month or $180/year, plus tax. [Start free](https://write.journzy.com/onboarding?step=1) ## Frequently asked questions What is a story bible? It is the record of everything that is canon in your novel: characters, places, relationships and facts. It keeps what you set in chapter 1 the same in chapter 30. Does the AI write my bible? With Author, Journzy proposes entries and facts with the line that proves them, and you decide. Nothing goes in without your approval, and autopilot is optional and keeps a history with Undo. On the Free plan you fill in the bible yourself. Is it free? Entries, aliases, mentions, appearance maps and facts that change over time are Free and never expire. Discoveries, autopilot and extraction after an import are part of Author. Does it work in Spanish? Yes. Journzy is native in Spanish and English, and the bible works the same in whichever language you write. Can I use it as a series bible? Yes. A project can hold several books, and the appearances on each entry show the book and the chapter. ## Related - ### [Find plot holes and continuity errors before your readers do](https://journzy.com/en/features/continuity-checker) [A continuity checker that reads each scene against your story bible and shows the quote behind every flag. Part of the Author plan, never rewrites your text.](https://journzy.com/en/features/continuity-checker) - ### [A worldbuilding tool for every genre](https://journzy.com/en/features/worldbuilding) [A worldbuilding tool with 10 ready modules, custom entry types and interactive, nested maps. Free for every genre. The AI map editor is part of Author.](https://journzy.com/en/features/worldbuilding) - ### [Character sheet template](https://journzy.com/en/templates/character-sheet) [Free character sheet template for novelists: quick or full mode, a filled-in Emma Bovary example, and Word, PDF or Markdown download. No sign-up.](https://journzy.com/en/templates/character-sheet) - ### [Plan, outline and track your story's timeline](https://journzy.com/en/features/outline) [Novel planning software with point of view, goal, conflict and status for every scene, plot lanes and an outline revision mode. Free never expires.](https://journzy.com/en/features/outline)