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title: Character Appearances
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category: Timeline
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tags: timeline, characters, appearances, point of view
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contextKey: timeline.characterAppearances
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micro: See where characters are present and active across the story.
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quickTitle: Character appearances
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quickSummary: Character appearance lanes show where characters appear, what role they play and how focused views can support character arc review.
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screenshot:
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# Overview
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Character appearance markers show where a character is present in the story. They help you see who is active, who disappears for long stretches, and whether a character's role matches the arc you intend.
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Presence can mean more than standing in the room. A character may be a point-of-view character, a main participant, a mentioned person or someone whose absence matters.
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# How Authors Use This
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Focus on one character to review their arc.
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Check whether a point-of-view character has enough page presence.
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Find long absences that may need a reminder, explanation or deliberate silence.
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Compare character activity against relationship, knowledge and attribute changes in the Scene Inspector.
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# Related Guides
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- [Characters](/Help/Article/characters.overview)
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- [Character Attributes](/Help/Article/sceneInspector.characterAttributes)
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- [Relationships](/Help/Article/sceneInspector.relationships)
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