yazar.io for Family Saga Writers
A family saga follows a family across several generations over a long span of time. Births, marriages, separations and inheritance feuds connect over decades. yazar.io helps you keep a large family, its generations and its years consistent in one place.
The challenge of a family saga
A family saga has dozens of characters sharing a surname, names that echo each other and jumps across decades. A grandchild named after their grandfather, a child from a second marriage or a relative who turns up years later can confuse readers with one small slip.
See the generations in the family tree
yazar.io's Family Tree section shows the family generation by generation; children of the same mother and father branch from a single family fork. When you add children from a character's Children field, you pick Mother or Father for each one. Use Spouse links for second marriages, and Custom links with a label you write yourself for step-parents and guardians.
Keep the years in the Timeline
Keep births, weddings, migrations and deaths in order in the Timeline, linking the characters involved in each event and the place where it happens. A character's page lists the events they took part in, in order, which makes it easier to check how old someone was during a given event.
The family home, the land and the inheritance
In family sagas, places are characters too: a mansion that changes hands over the years, a field that gets sold, a ring passed down through generations. Keep places and items as separate records, with the owner and location in their profiles and their history in the description. You keep writing your novel in Word or Google Docs.
How many characters can a family tree hold?
The family tree itself has no limit; every character in your book can appear in it. The free plan lets you create 15 characters per book; for a large family, Yazar Pro effectively removes that limit.
How do I tell apart characters with the same name?
Each character is a separate record. Adding a short note about their generation or nickname to the name, such as Henry (grandfather) and Henry (grandson), makes them easy to tell apart in lists and @Name suggestions.
Should I keep different eras of my saga in separate books?
If you're writing about the same family in the same world, keeping it in one book lets you see the family tree and links as a whole. If each era is a standalone novel, you can open separate books; the free plan includes 2 books.
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