#Story Bible

[paintingdragonfeathers]

I swear by story bibles when writing, and I’ll make a future post going in depth about making one. First step is to handmake the book like this! Let me know if you’d be interested in this style of journal to be available at Painting Dragon Feathers.

#book #bookbinding #craft #journal #writing #storybible #craft #paintingdragonfeathers

#paintingdragonfeathers #book #bookbinding #journal #story bible #writing

[atomatowriter]

My friend Ash and I played around with World Anvil last night to try to make wikis for our respective fantasy worlds. And we were...unimpressed with the free version. It wasn't very intuitive and was pretty limited in functionality. One thing that was a big turnoff for Ash was that you couldn't make your pages private unless you were a guild member.

So we poked around for a bit, and basically if you're looking for an alternative for a world wiki or story Bible, I recommend Notion. Both of us find it much easier to use, and there are both free and pretty affordable wiki templates.

I've personally been tweaking the free Notion Wiki Template. There's nothing super special about it, but it has what I need and I can customize it to fit for my story. Ash personally loves this one by bluemoondragon. It's specifically designed for worldbuilding and writing, with nearly 40 templates. You can get that for $8 if you have money to spare on it.

Notion has a web app, desktop app, and mobile app. As best I can tell, the only thing you'd really need a paid account for would be if you wanted to add members to help you work on an extensive world wiki (Ash briefly invited me as a member on hers and we weren't able to use it until I removed myself) or if you wanted to have an archive of page history that extends beyond 7 days.

So, that's my rec for worldbuilding databases and I will probably spend most of my weekend playing with this.

#worldbuilding #worldbuilding wiki #story bible #notion #world anvil

[cryingasiwrite]

What is a Series Bible?

a life saver

One of the best things I've ever created is a series bible. It's a place I can put all of my world-building and character creation. And honestly, it's amazing.

But seriously, what is a series bible?

"A series bible is your guide to the details of your story. It's like a cheat sheet for your book." - ignitedinkwriting.com

Book writers, TV and movie writers, and even D&D Dm's will use some type of series bible to organize their information. This information can include plot lines, character arcs or journies, locations, political or magic systems, and even the rate of currency! It's a place you can put anything and everything relevant to your story.

Let's use my series bible for Atarah's crown as an example:

The Beginning:

Cover

My series bible starts with a cover of sorts, I created this one on canva. This way, when it's all printed, it'll be just a bit nicer. This is my choice, it's certainly not necessary.

Character Overviews

Here I put a quick overview of my four main characters, something I can easily glance at. I include their names and nicknames, ages, quick history, appearance, zodiacs, strengths/weaknesses, and powers.

Outlines

I won't include a picture of this. I like to add outlines of the book, chapter by chapter, by detailing any important events I need to work through in that chapter. That can include feelings, fights, actions, or any important scene that needs to be included.

The rest will come to me as I write.

Character Design

Intricate bios

I was going to share a picture of what those look like, but I just copied and pasted the posts I made here on my characters. I do, however, include two pages with lines where I can write any details that may come up as I write them, anything specific to the story I come up with.

I also include supporting characters and the main character's journies and goals. I will not include those because of spoilers.

Picture References

Characters

I choose three pictures that best resemble the character (above) and then include a small 'vibes' moldboard. This is for Elaina

Locations

These are a few of the locations similar to where my characters are along with a description so I can go back later if I want to refer to them.

Fashion

Fashion is a huge story-telling element I use in my stories, especially Atarah's Crown. Having a page dedicated to fashion as I got allows me to get a better sense of my character and describe it better.

This is just a quick overview of how I organize my story and its intricate parts. There's much more to this than I can show on here without blacking everything out.

Ultimately, a series bible is a helpful tool for writers, or storytellers, to organize their thoughts and prevent any misunderstandings or going back on what they've already written

#writing #writeblr #writers on tumblr #ya writer #ya fantasy writer #writeblr community #series bible #story bible #writing a series

[ebookporn]

Rings of Power and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds did the impossible, adapting behemoth pieces of IP without pissing off fans. (For the most part.) Turns out, Star Wars and the MCU have much to learn.

It’s the best of times and the worst of times to be a fan. For devotees of mega-franchises like Star Wars and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there’s never been a more massive glut of new content. We’re living through a golden age of interconnected storytelling, as sequels and prequels explode across film, television, and literature faster than many of us can keep up. Yet at the same time, these mega-franchises are tormented by their most strident fans, melting down into paroxysms of toxicity through petitions, review bombing, and targeted harassment campaigns, among other odious tactics. Toxic fandom is a complex beast, but at the root of its many convulsions, there’s often one sore spot: the sticky concept of canon.

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#shared world #canon #authors #writers #transmedia #storytelling #story bible

[shadowwingtronix]

Beast Machine Hunters> First Season Guide finale

BW Media Spotlight concludes the Beast Machine Hunters> First Season Guide, but we aren't done with this series just yet.

Last time on Beast Machine Hunters we finished looking at the plots for season one. Before we go to season two’s guide, we’ll look at their initial plans for season two to see if it matches up with they ultimately did. I’m not sure what else to say about season one at this point. Season two we’ll go over when we get there, but I need to pad out the homepage view of this article before the “Read…

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#Beast Machines #Beast Machines: Transformers #Fox Kids #story bible #Transformers #Transformers: Beast Machines #writer&039;s guide #YTV

[dunmeshistash]

Dungeon Meshi - Kuro & Mickbell extras

#dungeon meshi spoilers #daydream hour #adventurers bible #dungeon meshi #Kuro #Mickbell Tomas #Kabru #Kobolds #Dungeon Meshi Kuro #Kuro Dungeon Meshi #Kabrus party #Tagging as spoilers but none of this really shows up in the main story besides the third comic

[zarawest]

Story Bibles for Writers

Every writer needs a story bible or two. A story bible (also called a series bible or universe bible) is collection of all the materials you need to write your book, gathered in one place. Story bibles, as a organizational tool, grew out of TV series where there are often different script writers who need to know everything that came before in the previous episodes. Why Writers Need a Story…

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#Story Bible #Tide Harbor series

[squarecloud73]

*I worship you Tumblr please don’t remove it

Let's take off the jealousy, erase the rotten beneath, so we can polish this story, so pretty and clean.

#love his conversation with Kabru in bible #*you don’t have to tell everything to everyone #*just left the story as simple and pretty as you can #aghhhh #idk why but this part is just so satisfying some how #like bro it’s ok to move on and stop criticizing yourself #😭😭😭 #dungeon meshi #dungeon meshi spoilers #mithrun #milk snake #SquareCloud

[phoenixsavant]

Writing Wednesday: Playing with ideas

Writing Wednesday: Playing with ideas

I know I’m probably not the only one who does it, but I often wonder just how common it is. I start with a story, and as I write, scenes that aren’t part of that particular story keep coming to me. Many of them are so intense I have to write them just to get them out of my head. I’ve learned to keep them because in those little vignettes are the hidden aspects of the characters, the small moments…

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#amwriting #Amymone #backstory #Caleb #characters #Half-Life #Half-Life of a Soul #HLOAS #Lauren #Lucifer #Shamiel #story bible #writers life #writerslife #writing #writing goals #Writing Wednesday

[bonetrussle]

So I've always had this head canon about how Wednesday has this reverse Morticia eyes effect (from Addams Family Values) where, instead of there being light shined dramatically over her eyes, Wednesday's face completely darkens to a very unnatural degree whenever she's feeling particularly homicidal! I wrote a bit where Yoko tried to test it out by shining a flashlight directly into Wednesday's face. Needless to say it did not go well haha. But yeh I'm adding this to my ding dang fic when I finally get around to it lol

The famous Morticia eyes from the movies:

Base sketch without the shadows under the cut!

#wenclair #Wednesday #Wednesday Addams #my fanart #connected to my fic fools rush in (previously titled and somehow we'll meet in the middle) #doing a renovation on that dang fic #got a story bible and everything #when ur a chemo patient the heart is willing but the body is very achey lol

[paintingdragonfeathers]

TONIGHT AT 7PM!

"Whether you’re writing a story set in a galaxy far, far away, an enchanted forest, Brooklyn NYC, an ancient dojo, or a far future dystopia, how do you keep track of your characters and worldbuilding? You can make a story bible! A story bible is a tool to help any author organize the aspects of their world-building—the cultures, rules of magic and/or science, weather, politics, ecology, economy, and all other kinds of nitty gritty details, timelines of important plot points and histories, and character interviews and designs—in a handy physical or digital body of reference for when you’re fleshing out your later drafts. In this lecture we will talk about how to make or acquire the right kind of book, what kind of materials to use (no drawing skills required—and if you are an artist, GO NUTS), what kind of information to include and how to organize it depending on the kind of story you are writing, and how to use your bible to add layers of depth to your characters and stories. A Q&A will follow.”

The webinar will be hosted virtually over Zoom February 26th at 7pm EST.

To sign up for the webinar is $15 for Non SCBWI members, $10 for members, and you can find all the info here and registration here--> https://www.scbwi.org/events/book-bibles-with-jd-donnelly

#writing #storybible #worldbuilding #lecture #webinar #SCBWI #SCBWIWPA #WPA #paintingdragonfeathers #artist #writer #creaturecreator

#paintingdragonfeathers #art #painting dragon feathers #illustration #fantasy #world building #writing #writer #artist #story bible #SCBWI #WPA SCBWI

[starrysharks]

hotel manager

#zeno's art #i'm not sure if i should tag the show itself as i'm not a fan but i guess its “fan”art so i will #hazbin hotel #charlie hazbin hotel #vivziepop #i was bored and wanted to draw something #my main goal here was to create a design that looked distinct and could (potentially) be moderately easy to animate #of course based on charlie's character i added as many angel images as possible through the hair and bowtie #(i know white on white is a character design sin but i wanted to show the angel wing detail ;w;) #also to express the personality and juxtaposition of a sweet devil her horns are supposed to curve into a heart shape #of course the garterbelts are upside-down/st peters crosses because of her satanic themes #i also tried to go harder into the goat theme but its still subtle i think #i actually think the goat theme is really interesting because of the story of the sheep and the goats in the bible #but i cant remember if it was actually something intended in her original design #i'm not going to draw anyone else so dont even anticipate that #this was basically a cooldown? ok i think i'm rambling now #goodbye #ok edit to say it clearly: i am not a fan of vivziepop or her work. i just wanted to redesign charlie as a cooldown/exercise for fun #because i used to be a fan of the character before i wised up about what vivzie had and has done #and before i matured and noticed the cracks and fundamental flaws in her works #so yea i dont support her at all and this redesign is critical i guess #also the reason why the tag “vivziepop” is there in the first place is so that anyone who has that tag silenced can scroll past #without seeing anything related to her work. in case that clears anything up #its the same reason why i tag “long post” and “food” and the like

[mikibagels]

"For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found." Luke 15:24

Though it's not about the birth of Jesus necessarily, The Parable of the Prodigal Son is my favourite passage so I wanted to try to illustrate my favourite moment from it today. Merry Christmas guys! 💛

#bible story #the parable of the prodigal son #my art #digital art #merry christmas #Luke 15 #Luke 15:24

[sictransitgloriamvndi]

#art #painting #oil on canvas #bible stories #book of genesis #the old testament #the flood #great flood #deluge #scene of the flood #anne-louis girodet de roussy-trioson

[shadowwingtronix]

Beast Machine Hunters> First Season Guide part 10

BW Media Spotlight finally finishes the episode plot synopses for Beast Machine Hunters> First Season Guide part 10

Last time on Beast Machine Hunters we started going over the planned episodes for season one of Transformers: Beast Machines, and then we went on Christmas break. I was hoping to finish before then but that didn’t happen. So this week we’ll go through episodes 10-13. Next week we should be finishing our look at the season 1 bible…with a preview for season 2 before going over the season 2 bible.…

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#Beast Machines: Transformers #Fox Kids #season one #story bible #Transformers: Beast Machines #writer&039;s bible #writer&039;s guide #YTV

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

#talkin #tik tok #bisexual #bible stories