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How To Create a SERIES BIBLE For Your Fantasy Novel
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This is a super awesome and helpful video! I’m currently writing a Dark Fantasy series of my own and I really need to amp up my series Bible. This series was originally only gonna be three books long, but the more I delve into the world, the more books pop up. Super helpful! Thank you!
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@Roger Cash It did the trick and I actually got access to my account again. I'm so happy:D
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"I kill a lot of people" is my writing goals hahah
Leilani Lopez 🤪
😂 😂 😂
Same here. Just add "in cruel and depressing ways" to that statement and you have my work to a tee!
2:53 Is when she starts talking about Writers Bibles. :) x
SAINT.
TY!
I’m writing a fantasy slave rebellion, and I also have a series bible! It’s in OneNote, and since I’m low key a pantser, it’s half complete and half notes I came up with at two am that are relevant for the page I’m writing the next day
‘Writing a series of 6 is more difficult than I thought it would be’
Tell me about it...
I have had the idea for a Dark Fantasy whizzing around my head for a while now. I've also had my three most important (not saying the rest of them aren't, but the story focuses more on these three) characters names, origins and motivations in there too, and now I can finally put them into a Series Bible. My story's rather dark, and after telling my best friend a brief synopsis of it, I'm more inspired than ever to write it. Thank you for making this as it's already making my life far easier.
You are actually an angel!! I’ve always wondered how I could even create a story bible. Thanks for continuing to be a light, and share your secrets for free!! You’re little such an inspiration to me! I’m seventeen and I’m glad I have you to look at when it comes to crushing it :) thanks again for sharing!
I have a sci-fi novel that I've been working on forever. I paused work on it to do something else for a bit, but I definitely need to make a series bible for it when I go back. Figuring out and remembering all the details about characters, settings and world will be helpful even if I don't do much plotting in the book. I think plotsing will be easier if I know the world better.
I always love diving into other’s book bibles and series bibles! I hate creating them myself but love seeing what other people do hahaha
This is brilliant! I did not realize I needed this until I watched this! Thank you!
I get that feeling after watching a lot of Kristen's videos! LOL.
I have my graduate certificate in Screenwriting. Your process is very similar to the Bible for TV Series. I write dramatic fiction. I'm currently working on a novel Alter, which is about a couple struggling to reconnect after losing a child at birth and respond to grief in very different ways. I may turn it into a series, and if I do, I will definitely create a Bible. I'm brain dumping ideas for other series ideas in brief intervals, focusing the bulk of my energy on Alter until it's done.
Even though I'm writing a duology, I NEED to make a series bibile!
My series bible saved my life for my fantasy series, especially since my some of my characters have complicated names because they are over 500 years old. Plus not every character thinks the same so that makes it a lifesaver
Thank you for sharing your expertise, time and experiences! I watched so many of these in a marathon and made my first series bible due to you. Tytyty! Didn’t know how much I needed it until I started filling it.
Wow! You've put in so much work. Thanks for sharing!!
I do not have a book bible but instead a have lots of notebooks filled with character profiles and some scenes and a some sort of synopsis. Since I plan as I go most of a time...
I’m currently finalising my first book in my YA Fantasy trilogy, I lost motivation for a while and now I’m realising that it’s all about being creative and having a creative approach as novel writing is all about creativity. Thanks for this, I’ve been wondering a way to keep my trilogy organised and now I’m definitely going to make one of these xx
I am writing A military science fantasy following 3 factions. Magepunk High fantasy, Steampunk Alchemists, and Solar/cyber tech. (Yeah, I will need a bible or a wiki as I go.)
@The Meta
And it happens on a shell world that 15 times more area than earth.
Been watching a lot of worldbuilding bible vids, and this is the one that gave me the most ideas on how to improve my own bible. Pretty great stuff, especially regarding character motives!
I signed up for Elevate on Saturday! I’m so pumped. Thank you for being so inspiring :)
The Rogue Educator YAY! 💕💕
I had started my Series Bible in Scrivener on a flash drive. Easy to access from my computer or laptop with no internet necessary. Don't remember who had mentioned the importance of having one for continuity of the setting as well as characters. Thank you for the video it is always good to make sure nothing was forgotten or not thought of. Always learn something new from you!
I am writing the 1st in a series of Cozy Mystery with recipes. I have had the MC and her 2 friends in my head for most of my grown kid's lives. I am also writing a companion short story series so each short story will pair with a book. Short stories are the characters solving smaller crimes starting in high school. The books are them in their 20's starting to solve murders and other crimes by sleuthing. Thanks to AuthorTube the beginner goofs have been redone and more polished. Creating the 1st draft from the rough draft currently.
Glad Im not the only one with a 30 page outline
I use Scrivener for my writing and I've gotten to where I put everything taking place in the same setting in one project and make text links in my outlines and summaries to take me to the main informational pages I might need to refer to. A wiki, basically, but integrated into my preparatory writing. I could even integrate links into my actual draft manuscripts if I hide the underlining and color changes.
Great video! I call mine a compendium! It's very similarly to yours, but you have a section or two I think I should add to mine! Thanks for making a video on this topic. 😃👍 I mainly write fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, medieval-fantasy, and many viable book ideas for several other sub-genres; even a couple contemporary ideas that may not stay in that genre. Hahaha. I wanted to mention, your Shadow Crown geography map is nicely detailed! I like to make multiple copies of my detailed maps then use different colored pens to mark out character travels and locations of their key events. Another chart I like to use is timelines, of plot over-view and main character movement, with seasons! It helps me keep consistent the passage of time and changing of weather. Because nature - weather - affects plot and characters a lot; for example: clothing, health, emotional state-of-being, can parallel as metaphor or represent symbolism in the story, etc. Anyway, enough typing before this comment gets too prolixus. Lol 🤐Oops😁 It's the weekend! Have a great one everybody. 👋✌
Thanks for the walk through, very helpful.
Thank you for watching! Much appreciated!
This is so useful. Will definitely put together a bible for the series of novels I'm working on. I also want to write a stand alone novel, maybe more than one, that are set in the same world so this could become a 'world' bible. Thanks again. Have shared on Twitter.
I am a plotzer too. This was so helpful. Thank you for you.
This is awesome, love this video my writer partner and I are writing a Christan series. We done something similar like this and we cherish it alot. Love your ideas, keep it up and I'm starting a new book right it's a fantasy series. So wish me luck on both these projects and keep living the dream and help inspiring others to follow theirs.
This is awesome, Kristen, thank you! I'm going crazy because I'm still relatively new to writing for publication and rely on TH-cam for learning and support! 😀
Thank you for this video! I am currently writing a book series. Your videos have helped me over come writers block. I am listening to your podcast! Your an inspiration. I am saving the money to signup for one of your coach classes.
I use excel spreadsheets to outline my book series. Each tab or workbook contains the character relationships, motives, book outlines, story outlines detailing subplots . My character profiles are like 11 pages long very detail including which book, chapters and how their character will evolve from through out the series. I like the binder method you presented. I am working on how my character will look like so I will definitely use the emoji app you referenced. I truly look forward in meeting you in the near future Kristen!
Yay this is the video I've been hoping for for a long time
Love your vids, I have a world building bibles several books one for tech., different races, other types of people, and magic.
Thank you so much! This is super helpful! I do have a book bible, but it's on my computer, so not very helpful or complete. Now that I'm writing the sequel, I'm finding I need a system that is tangible like what you show. Looks like I need to get to work!
Working on my series bible now. I hope this works for me
Andddd I'm going to make a story bible right now HAHah. Thanks a lot for this
Every week I look forward to your videos, I can't wait for Thursday!!!! When I watch your videos it inspires me to do something productive, Thank you!!
Tessa Newlin 💕💕💕💕
I love this! Maybe something like this will finally motivate me to finish my vampire series, LOL!
You go girl I love this
Extremely helpful, thank you!! Also, love your energy! :))
This was super helpful. Definitely using this along with a storyboard
This was super helpful, thanks for making this! I was wondering what app/website/program you used to make your map, because I have been looking for a decent map maker for a while for my series and I can't seem to find one.
This is super helpful! Thank you :)
Great video, Kristen. I actually did this topic as a SkillShare class. I don't know how many books I'll have in my series so keeping track of information is crucial.
AH!!! I SO NEEDED THIS!!!
This so awesome and helpful! I super badly need a series bible currently I’m writing a five book series and this would definitely make it feel a tad less overwhelming.
Kristen you are the girl to save the day needed this so much ❤️👏 i am currently writing horror / high fantasy duology.
I use a plastic storage tub, but this should be interesting.
Favorite video so far!
I’m so glad you made this video! I haven’t made a series bible for my books yet, but I think it would be a good idea. Thanks!
this is so awesome and helpful
This is wonderful thanks for this!
It is like she knows everything I am going to say before I say it.
I have a binder as well, and I haven't been too happy with how I organized it. Your system is amazing!! And it makes a lot of sense to me. I think I'm going to re work mine tonight and follow yours ans make it work for mine. This was super helpful!! Thank you!
Thank you so much for this video, Kristen. This is really helpful for me as I'm thinking of creating a story bible for a possible new adult dystopian series.
Your story bible makes this little type A heart so so happy
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Do you think you can create a video on creating your own races/creatures, like their origins and names? Also, your videos are amazingly helpful and I can't wait to implement them into my writing.=3
Great video! I missed this kind of video, hope to see more in the future!
Thank youuuuu so much.
Thank you for this. I've been meaning to put together physical copies of our series Bible for my coauthor and myself for ages now and haven't done it. We've been relying on cheat sheets in googledocs. I just haven't had the motivation or the idea of how it should fit together.
Yes I've written the first draft to a dark fantasy series..but iam now going to create a series Bible before I start to work on the rewrites ..thank you..
I love this! How did you make your map?
Thank you for this video. I really enjoyed it, particularly becuase I was thinking about doing a series but never knew where to put all the information.
Thank u! I needed this, I will def be watching this vid! Thank u so much!😉
thank you! this is so helpful for my YA fantasy!!
OMG thank you so much
I'm trying to create a cosmology for my setting. I sort of have an idea but it's difficult to articulate. The way I imagine it is like a disc with rings, each ring a different level of existence with our universe in the center (there's an important reason for that in the story). I've collected a lot of cosmology imagery though and i'm wondering if a bubble system would make more sense than a disc.
Ooh nifty idea! I think you could make either work, though I do like the idea of a bubble - both aesthetically and in just imagining how such craziness would work. I love weird physics and for some reason the 3d version appeals to my imagination more than the 2d one. Maybe it's just because so many space battles don't pay much attention to up and down. Whatever you go with, all the luck to you, sounds great 😁
@@lanalytch Scientists imagine our universe to be flat like a disc so that has an appeal to me but i've seen bubble types in fiction like in The Elder Scrolls and Dragon Ball and it does have a nice aesthetic with different planes of existence existing in different layers like a Russian nesting doll.
@@Gaia_Gaistar Good point, perhaps that's why the idea is so appealing, simply because it's different from how we picture our own universe.
Very detailed.
How did you create your map? Was there a website you used?
Eva Finley No, I commissioned a cartographer to create it for me 😊
What did you use to make your map? Like it a website or did you hand draw it?
Hlo Mam, what did you use or how did you create the world map and locations?
Man, you look so much like Ariel from the Little Mermaid. It's a compliment, I'm not making fun of you. You are very beautiful. And the video is also great. Thank you.
Skip to 3:10 for Series Bible.
For my book project, it's more of a graphic novel/comic than a novel. My genres are sci-fi, supernatural, and fantasy. I'll combined the two together while adding adventure/action or romance. I like to call it a Series Outline than a bible. It consist of 12 sections: Story Development, Genres, Story Overview, Plot Summary, Characters with character designs, World building/Universe, Glossary, Prequels/Spin-offs, Timeline, Storyline, Number of books/Chapters and then Inspiration.
Nephtalie Albert Love that!!
@@AuthorKristenMartin Thanks Kristen! I think a Series Bible can be used for novels or for comic books, depending on the story and how much information is given.
I think I will beat my sister. She loves to write books. As she does not know these 9 Principals to write a fantasy story book...
HooRay
Hi Kristen! I met you in Orlando this past May, except I had blue hair and not pink. I had a question about creating an LLC. When you made your Publishing Company, did you sign as your own Designated Registered Agent, or did you have to get someone else to sign as that position? Or does it vary by state?
J.L. Todd the Diction Puppeteer Hmm, it must vary by state because this doesn’t ring a bell. Sorry!
J.L. Todd the Diction Puppeteer If you don’t mind people searching your LLC and finding that you’re the owner with your home address, then it’s not necessary, otherwise you should get a registering agent. Basically this person acts as the mediator for you, kind of like a pass through like when you have a private registration for a domain. I always tell people to get a registering agent just to keep your information private, but it’s really up to you. Hope this helps!
@@TheCourtneyProject thank you!!
do you think a woman of 42yrs old thats never thought about writing a book and has loads of ideas in her head but cannot get them out could start right now ???
Of course! I'm 25 and I edit for plenty of clients (the oldest that I'm aware of was 65) who have creative ambitions. I'm lucky I was encouraged to write since middle school. I've published six books so far so if you have any questions, feel free to ask me anything. Good luck! :)
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