Comments on: Making A Writing Bible: An Essential Tool for Story Writers http://www.write-thing.com/2010/05/12/making-a-writing-bible-an-essential-tool-for-story-writers/ Writing to Reading and all the gooey stuff in-between! Wed, 29 Jun 2011 06:07:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nik Morton http://www.write-thing.com/2010/05/12/making-a-writing-bible-an-essential-tool-for-story-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Nik Morton Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:08:00 +0000 http://www.write-thing.com/?p=37#comment-149 Thisa is excellent advice. I've been doing this for several years. My last western - a mere 40,000 words has in its bible 34 characters with varying amounts of description/backstory. A collection of 21 short stories has 101 characters to keep track of, also to avoid repetition of names! Thisa is excellent advice. I’ve been doing this for several years. My last western – a mere 40,000 words has in its bible 34 characters with varying amounts of description/backstory. A collection of 21 short stories has 101 characters to keep track of, also to avoid repetition of names!

]]> By: Sara http://www.write-thing.com/2010/05/12/making-a-writing-bible-an-essential-tool-for-story-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Sara Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:34:47 +0000 http://www.write-thing.com/?p=37#comment-118 Thank you for the excellent detailed description. Just wanted to comment on the 'index' though - it's really a concordance. Word just calls it an index. Indexes are built of interrelated concepts, synonyms, antonyms... not just keywords. You can talk about corpses for a whole chapter and not use the word 'corpse.' Thank you for the excellent detailed description.

Just wanted to comment on the ‘index’ though – it’s really a concordance. Word just calls it an index. Indexes are built of interrelated concepts, synonyms, antonyms… not just keywords. You can talk about corpses for a whole chapter and not use the word ‘corpse.’

]]> By: Rob http://www.write-thing.com/2010/05/12/making-a-writing-bible-an-essential-tool-for-story-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Rob Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:16:08 +0000 http://www.write-thing.com/?p=37#comment-113 Great information. BTW, for the electronic version, two ideas come to mind. The first is using a wiki to organize all the information. This would allow for easy indexing and cross-referencing. The other has to do with the writing software I use, Liquid Story Binder. It has a file type called a Dossier that can be used for almost anything you need to keep detailed information about (people, places and things, mainly). Thanks for stirring up my imagination! Great information. BTW, for the electronic version, two ideas come to mind. The first is using a wiki to organize all the information. This would allow for easy indexing and cross-referencing.

The other has to do with the writing software I use, Liquid Story Binder. It has a file type called a Dossier that can be used for almost anything you need to keep detailed information about (people, places and things, mainly).

Thanks for stirring up my imagination!

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