Writing
Keep character knowledge and plot timing aligned.
A story bible is a network of characters, motives, places, objects, and turning points. Map them to see who knows a secret, when it surfaces, and which later scene depends on it.
What belongs in the map
Keep the subjects separate. Name what connects them.
Use the vocabulary already present in the work. Card types identify the subjects; relationship labels state what one subject does to another.
Cards
- Characters
- Point-of-view characters, allies, rivals, witnesses, and hidden identities.
- Knowledge
- Secrets, beliefs, lies, discoveries, and facts revealed at a specific time.
- Places and objects
- Locations, evidence, possessions, and recurring physical anchors.
- Story beats
- Scenes, chapters, reversals, reveals, and the events that depend on them.
Connections
A label should read as a plain statement between two cards. These verbs fit this map:
Questions the map can answer
Open one card and inspect its immediate context.
- What does this character know at the start of the chapter?
- Which reveal changes two or more relationships?
- Where does an object move between characters or places?
- Which later beat depends on a fact the reader has not seen yet?
Build it from the record
Give your agent the notes and the question.
The included skill defines the markdown format. Your prompt defines which subjects and relationships matter in this map.
PromptMap my story bible. Include characters, places, objects, secrets, chapter beats, and who knows, wants, owns, discovers, or lies about each important thing.
- 01
Gather the bible
Use character notes, outlines, location files, object histories, and chapter summaries.
- 02
Map knowledge
Connect characters to what they know, want, hide, discover, and misunderstand.
- 03
Check the chapter
Focus its point-of-view character and verify that knowledge, objects, and prior beats line up.
Then follow the map. Open a character before writing their chapter. What they know, want, and hide stays in one view.
Keep exploring
Build the next connected view.
Turn the notes into a map you can follow.
Start with this prompt, revise the markdown in your own words, and keep the file as the record.