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Title: Do you use a wiki program to keep continuity?
Post by: Cabbages and kings on January 10, 2021, 07:19:43 AM

So I heard that Brandon Sanderson's continuity editor uses a wiki program (I assume it's like Wikipedia) to keep track of everything and help her keep the continuity for Brandon's novel's.

Does anyone here use a wiki program, what is it's name and how much did it cost you?

Title: Re: Do you use a wiki program to keep continuity?
Post by: idontknowyet on January 10, 2021, 07:29:34 AM

for my long series i just created a series bible in word.

I have a few friends that like wikis. They said its a lot of work in the beginning but  super easy to use as you run through.

Title: Re: Do you use a wiki program to keep continuity?
Post by: The Masked Scrivener on January 10, 2021, 08:01:27 AM

I have a private, password secured, wiki built into the backend of one of my websites. Wikimedia is free software that can be installed on any web server, and easy to use. A friend of mine built a web server with wikimedia on a Raspberry Pi.

Wikimedia allows for easy linking documents, which is useful when you want characters, places, technology, or any other information to be linked in multiple places.

Title: Re: Do you use a wiki program to keep continuity?
Post by: Eric Thomson on January 10, 2021, 08:15:42 AM

My editor, bless her, has been keeping a series bible for years, and is now in the process of moving that to a wiki which fans will eventually be able to access. I use that bible all the time for continuity - and so does my editor! She makes sure no errors slip through the net. The wiki program my editor is working with is PMWiki and it's installed as a subdomain on my author website.

Title: Re: Do you use a wiki program to keep continuity?
Post by: Simon Haynes on January 10, 2021, 03:26:13 PM

Freemind is ideal for this. (It's local, not online.)

Title: Re: Do you use a wiki program to keep continuity?
Post by: R. C. on January 11, 2021, 12:20:54 AM

I used several "Mind Mapping" tools in my career, including FreeMind. For writing, I found a maintained series bible, using MS Word and MS Excel, is best for me.

Cheers,
R.C.

Title: Re: Do you use a wiki program to keep continuity?
Post by: feste on January 11, 2021, 02:37:53 AM

I've been building a wiki with CherryTree (https://www.giuspen.com/cherrytree/), which is free.  I run it as a portable app on a flash drive.  It was easier to learn than I anticipated and has been working well for me; it's convenient that I don't always have to be online to use it.

Title: Re: Do you use a wiki program to keep continuity?
Post by: angela on January 11, 2021, 02:39:22 AM

I use OneNote.

I started with my series bible, and now I use it for everything. My to-do list, my physio stretches, etc. Love it.

I can share the relevant notebooks with other people, such as my audiobook narrator, so she can see all the character notes when planning her voices.

Title: Re: Do you use a wiki program to keep continuity?
Post by: R. C. on January 11, 2021, 02:41:12 AM

Quote from: angela on January 11, 2021, 02:39:22 AM

I use OneNote.

I started with my series bible, and now I use it for everything. My to-do list, my physio stretches, etc. Love it.

Co-signed: OneNote is very good for this type of activity. Going forward, I will revert to using OneNote. 

Cheers,
R.C.