Creating a World Building Bible to Set the Rules and Maintain Consistency in Your Novel

Building an imaginary world for your sci-fi or fantasy novel requires a lot of brainstorming and effort. In order to track all of the various elements you develop, fantasy author and writing teacher Valerie Willis recommends maintaining a world building bible. Essentially, a notebook, binder, or file folder where you can compile and safely store all of the ideas and information you collect in the process. The first critical element you will need to consider for your new world is time period, followed...