TheokinsJ
Troubadour
I've been planning a book for some time, and over the past six or so months of planning, I've accumulated a ridiculous amount of material. Basically every time I have an idea I scribble it down on a piece of paper, and chuck it in a draw in my desk, and write lore and history of my fantasy world on pages documents and in notebooks ect. I guess a lot of it is in my brain, far more than I've written down, partially because my world is so vast and rich in history and culture, I've never gotten time to sit down and write and write the lore of my world. The other day, I tried, and quickly realised the scale of my world was too big to be put on paper (entirely). However I do write key information down, so that I can consult it while I'm writing, just to double check things. Only now I've come to begin writing my book and found that upon all my pieces of paper, the information contradicts each other. On one piece I wrote a city was founded in the year 200, on another I wrote 450, the names of the various households vary from page to page and the overall plot is a mess of sticky-notes and SEVEN notebooks all filled with writing.
I really need to organise my world building into ONE source, one place where I can consult and have information that I know will not change or be different when I am writing my book. I guess the first thing I need to do is construct an official timeline of my world and the plot, I have made several, but I need one that is set in stone and will never change. Does anyone know of an efficient way of trying to keep all your lore and timelines and plot info neat and organised? I've tried pages documents, and now I seem to have 11 pages documents which all have lore on them and are a mess. If anyone could direct me to a spreadsheet or story-planner template or something, or just give tips on how they organise their world and story, it would be much appreciated.
I really need to organise my world building into ONE source, one place where I can consult and have information that I know will not change or be different when I am writing my book. I guess the first thing I need to do is construct an official timeline of my world and the plot, I have made several, but I need one that is set in stone and will never change. Does anyone know of an efficient way of trying to keep all your lore and timelines and plot info neat and organised? I've tried pages documents, and now I seem to have 11 pages documents which all have lore on them and are a mess. If anyone could direct me to a spreadsheet or story-planner template or something, or just give tips on how they organise their world and story, it would be much appreciated.