# Story bible — the place where the facts live

A story bible is not your notes. It is the list of things that are already true in the book — names, dates, distances, who knows what. When you're on chapter fourteen and can't remember the colour of the kitchen door, this is where you look. Keep it boring. Boring is fast.

## World
- Where and when (one line):
- What is different from our world (only if something is):
- Rules that never bend (magic, law, money, travel time):

## People (one block per named character)
- Name / age at chapter 1 / one-line role:
- What they want that they'd say out loud:
- What they want that they wouldn't:
- Voice tic (a word, a rhythm, a thing they never say):
- Facts already on the page (eye colour, scars, car, cat):

## Places
- Name / what it looks like in one sentence / who owns it / how long it takes to get there from the last place:

## Timeline (what happened, in order, with the chapter where the reader learns it)
| When | What | Who knows | Reader learns in |
|---|---|---|---|

## Things I have already promised the reader
- (a locked door, a letter never opened, a gun on the mantel)

## Open questions I'm allowed to leave open for now
-