Tool Detail
Character Topology
Social network analysis for narratives.
See who truly drives your story network.
Scene €4|Full €12
What This Tool Measures
Represents character interaction density as a graph to reveal hidden narrative centrality and isolation.
Methodology
- Build co-presence graph from scene participation.
- Weight edges by repeated interaction.
- Inspect centrality and cluster patterns.
Key Terms
- Degree centrality
- How many characters this one directly interacts with — interaction breadth.
- Betweenness centrality
- How often a character sits on the shortest path between others — the story’s connectors and gatekeepers.
- Bridge character
- A character whose removal would fragment the network into disconnected groups.
- Cluster
- A natural grouping of characters who mostly interact with each other — a family, a crew, a faction.