Appendix D

Platform Bibles for Other Forms of Storytelling

Though there is not a defined standard in developing platform bibles for novels, comics and new media, transmedia storytelling requires consideration of how to guide these various expressions of the narrative so that they maintain continuity with the other medium iterations and remain canonical. The following provide some possible guidelines to consider.

Novels

Traditionally novel writing has been considered – more than any other medium we’ve discussed in this book – a solo endeavor. A bible to guide multiple writers or creative teams was not necessary because the single author could pretty much keep much of the continuity in his or her head. That’s not to say that some novelists don’t ...

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