Section 1: Character roster (with system identity)
Each character row tracks: name, current class, current level, relationship to MC, status (alive/dead/transformed), location, known-to-MC facts. Status is critical for LitRPG because death/resurrection/transformation is plot, not just flavor.
Section 2: What is a stats ledger, and why do LitRPG authors need one?
A stats ledger is a row per character per chapter showing: HP/MP, attribute scores (STR/DEX/INT etc), level, XP-to-next. Yes it's tedious. Yes readers will catch you. In PlotWrite, facts are timed by chapter, so a stat sheet shows any character "as of chapter N" plus what changed since the previous chapter, and you aren't typing every number by hand.
Section 3: How do you track skills and abilities?
Track skill acquisition: name, level, source (looted/granted/leveled), prerequisites, cooldown, last-used chapter. The last field prevents 'wait, didn't he just use that?' errors.
Section 4: How do you document class trees and unlocks?
Most LitRPGs have multi-class systems. Document the tree once. Define unlock conditions. Lock them. When a character class-changes, check the change against the prerequisites — no accidental skill loss.
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Section 5: Which system rules should you write down?
How does death work? How does XP gain scale? Can you re-class? These rules drift more than character facts because they feel like 'background.' Lock them in writing.
Section 6-8: Locations, factions, timeline
Standard stuff but: locations need a 'current state' field (is the city still standing after chapter 47?), factions need leader + current goal, timeline needs anchor dates not just chapter numbers.
Why does a Story brain beat a spreadsheet?
If you maintain this manually you'll quit by chapter 15. PlotWrite's Story brain gives each character, skill, faction and place its own page, built from the chapters you've already written by reading them on your own AI. Facts it proposes wait in your Inbox for approval, and the canon check flags contradictions like a rank going backwards, with both quotes side by side. You write; it remembers.
