Story bible
Characters, places, rules, and threads. Living with the manuscript, not lost in a side doc.
Story bible software is ops for fiction. Characters, places, world rules, plot threads. So chapter 27 does not contradict chapter 3.
Most novelists rebuild this in Docs, Notion, or sticky notes. Then they lose it. Then chapter 40 invents a new eye color and pretends it always was.
Typewriter's story bible is scoped to each book and sits beside the paper editor. Open it when continuity matters. Hide it when you are flying through a scene.
Characters. Places. World rules. Plot threads. The job is simple: remember what you already promised the reader.
On Typewriter+ and Typewriter+, the bible is a full stage tool. Not a buried settings panel you forget exists.
Free lets you write without a card. The moment cast and lore sprawl, bible becomes the product. That is Typewriter+ (one payment). Cheaper than most “AI only” plans that still forget your cast.
CoAuthor tools can list and upsert bible entries so continuity work is not another spreadsheet. You still decide what becomes canon. The coauthor knocks. You accept.
Cards are linear. Stories are graphs. Typewriter's map visualizes bonds and roles so series casts stay legible while the bible holds the prose notes.
Updated 2026-09-17. Same desk as the home page — this room is just deeper.
Full story bible is on Typewriter+ and Typewriter+. Free includes a 7-day full-tools trial so you can try bible, map, and outline before paying.
You can build by hand or use coauthor tools and import seeding. You are always in control of what becomes canon.
Notion can hold cards, but it is not a manuscript desk. Typewriter keeps bible entries next to chapters so continuity work and drafting share one home.
Same product. Different room. Pick the next deep dive.
Calm paper editor. Real chapters. Tools appear when you need them.
Deep diveNot a 7-day trap. Manuscript software free forever for authors.
Deep diveNot headings. Not hope. A binder that knows the book.
Deep diveDo not retype chapter one to try a new desk.
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