Connected manuscripts accumulate facts quickly. A series bible reduces the chance that ages, locations, spellings, titles, history, and promises drift between books.
Glossary term
Series bible
A series bible is a living reference for characters, timelines, places, terminology, rules, and unresolved threads across connected books.
Definition
What series bible means
A series bible keeps recurring story facts in one place so later books do not accidentally contradict earlier installments.
A fantasy trilogy tracks royal titles, magic costs, treaty dates, artifact custody, and unresolved prophecies in a shared series bible.
Wise Wombat's series-bible guidance helps authors decide which facts should be captured before checking later manuscripts.
Related
Related continuity terms
These terms often appear together during manuscript revision.
Series continuity
Series continuity is the consistency of characters, timelines, world rules, terminology, and long-running promises across connected books.
World terminology
World terminology is the consistency of invented or setting-specific terms, spellings, ranks, titles, factions, places, rituals, and rules.
Timeline contradiction
A timeline contradiction is a conflict in event order, dates, ages, elapsed time, travel time, or recovery time.