Having recently purchased the new copy of FileMaker Pro 10 (actually one version older than the newest since I’m still running on OS 10.4…), I’ve now converted the old tools to FileMaker databases. One of the things that’s made this much easier is that instead of requiring separate files for relational database, FileMaker now contains multiple tables in the same file (which it didn’t as of version 5 — the last one I owned).
So, I’ve got two tools I’m developing. The first is a plot-card style system that uses Vogel’s Writer’s Journey, and Campbell’s Hero’s Journey to track where the holes in the plot are. It also allows me to quickly change scene order, insert new scenes, and delete scenes without losing them.
The second is a character database that helps track the full array of character information from multiple sources. More on this at a late time, though. It’s time to get to work…
