What can it do for me?
Organize a series into books and chapters, calculate ages, track Story Years, connect parents and children, check pregnancy timing and surface possible continuity conflicts.
See how it worksFree continuity planning for fiction authors
Keep every character, date and relationship consistent.
Track Story Years, books, chapters, character ages, families, pregnancies, births and important events across one novel or a long-running series.
Free to useNo account requiredStored on your sideYou own your project
One change, every age updated
Year 1Book 1 beginsAnna: 28
Year 3WeddingAnna: 30
Year 4Child bornAnna: 31
Year 12Book 6 beginsChild: 8
The questions authors ask first
A clear answer before you enter anything
Does it cost anything?
No. Core calculators and project features are free. There are no subscriptions, premium project limits or account fees. Public pages may display advertising.
Read the free-use answerWhere is my data stored?
On your side, in a project file or browser location you control. Save it on your computer, in OneDrive, on an external drive or in another folder you choose.
Storage and backupsWho owns or sees it?
You own and control your project. We do not keep a server-side copy, back it up or provide data recovery. Project contents are not intentionally uploaded to WRS.
Read the privacy policyBuilt for real continuity work
From quick answer to a nineteen-book outline
Start with two dates, or build a structured project containing a series, books, chapters, characters, events, relationships and pregnancies.
Story Years without dating your fiction
Use Year 1, Year 2 and relative events instead of anchoring the story to a real-world calendar year. Preserve an evergreen setting while keeping a precise internal chronology.
Families and changing relationships
Connect children to mothers and fathers, support unknown or disputed parentage, record adoptive and guardian relationships, and view who belongs to whom at a selected point.
Pregnancy and birth continuity
Estimate conception and expected birth periods, connect one parent to multiple pregnancies, support twins and flag dates that may not fit the story timeline.
Your project stays yours
No WRS project database
Your project is stored in a file or browser location under your control. The tool can work with a file in a OneDrive-synchronized folder without operating its own cloud service or requiring your Microsoft account.
- No user account or email registration
- No manuscript upload
- No server-side project copy
- No WRS backup or recovery service
- No individual technical support
Your story stays on your side
Stored by you. Owned by you. Not copied or backed up by us.
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Why it exists
Designed from an author’s actual problem
Fiction Continuity Tools grew from the planning challenges encountered by Nathan Ardwell while developing In A Dark Alley, an unpublished fiction series currently outlined at approximately nineteen books and still capable of growing.
Tracking Story Years, ages, chapters, pregnancies, children and expanding family relationships created a real need for a tool that could enter facts once and recalculate the consequences.
Start without a large setup
- Create a project and choose Story Years or real dates.
- Add one character and one event.
- See the calculated age immediately.
- Add books, chapters and family details only when useful.
- Save the project file where you want it.