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Upload your manuscript and get back a detailed dossier for every character in your story, from protagonists to minor roles, complete with personality profiles and audiobook narrator performance notes.
Every character. Every voice. One complete reference.
Build a complete character bible and audiobook narrator guide from your manuscript in minutes.
Most authors carry their characters around in their heads. They know what each person sounds like, how they move through a room, and what drives them forward. The problem is that none of that lives anywhere useful. When it comes time to brief an audiobook narrator, hand off notes to a collaborator, or simply keep track of a growing cast across a series, authors end up scrambling to reconstruct details from memory. Character Compendium solves this by reading your manuscript and generating a structured reference document that captures every character in your story.
When you upload your manuscript, the tool generates:
- A categorized census of every character in your book, organized by role and importance
- A detailed biography for each character covering personality, motivation, appearance, strengths, weaknesses, and arc
- A voice profile for each character with style, accent, tone, and vocal notes designed to guide audiobook performance
- A consistent, formatted reference you can share with narrators, editors, collaborators, or keep for your own series bible
You will walk away with a professional character bible that keeps your cast organized and gives your audiobook narrator everything they need to bring each voice to life.
Use It To
- Build a series bible that tracks every character across multiple books
- Brief your audiobook narrator with specific voice direction for each role
- Prepare for developmental edits by reviewing character arcs and motivations at a glance
- Create a character reference PDF to share with readers on your author website or book page
Why It Works
For authors, the tool eliminates the hours of manual work it takes to compile a character bible from a finished manuscript. By analyzing the actual text rather than relying on your memory, it catches minor characters and background details that often get overlooked.
For audiobook narrators, they can perform best when they have clear, specific direction for each character instead of vague descriptions or nothing at all. The Character Compendium gives them the kind of structured voice profiles that professional directors provide during studio sessions.
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FAQ
- What is the Character Compendium? Character Compendium is a Patron Toolbox tool that reads your uploaded manuscript and generates a complete character bible with bios, personality profiles, and audiobook voice direction for every character in your book.
- Who should use this tool? Fiction authors who are preparing for audiobook production, building a series bible, or collaborating with editors and narrators. It works especially well for authors with large casts or complex ensemble stories.
- What does it create? It creates a categorized character census followed by individual dossiers for each character. Each dossier includes a biography, personality description, primary motivation, physical appearance, strengths and weaknesses, character arc, and a voice profile with style, accent, tone, and vocal notes for audiobook narration.
- How does it help authors? It saves hours of manual work by extracting character details directly from your manuscript. It also catches minor and supporting characters that are easy to forget when compiling a reference by hand.
- What happens with my data or file? Your manuscript is used only to generate your character compendium and is handled with the same care as other Patron Toolbox tools, not as public training data for general models.
- How much does it cost? The tool is available to Novel Marketing patrons at the Patron Toolbox level and higher.
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