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Creating A Series Encyclopedia (in Campfire Blaze)!
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- čas přidán 14. 08. 2024
- Rather than a story bible, I'm making a ✨ series encyclopedia. ✨ Check out Campfire Blaze for free!: www.campfirebl...
☟↓ QUESTIONS FOR YOU BELOOOOOW! ↓☟
D I S C U S S I O N Q U E S T I O N S :
Have you created a "story bible" or "series encyclopedia" for your project? What sort of world-building do you try to have done BEFORE you start writing (and what aspects do you find yourself covering during the writing)?
Do you play D&D?
Who's your favorite fantasy author? What makes them your favorite? (And is it their world-building? Or do you have a fantasy world you love the most that ISN'T your favorite fantasy series??)
L I N K S M E N T I O N E D :
Helpful tutorials from Campfire Blaze: / @campfirewriting
The map generator my brother used!: watabou.itch.io/medieval-fantasy-city-generator
🌎 F I N D M E O N L I N E :
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*My tiny camera with a gimbal for on-the-go and motion-lapse: amzn.to/2ZtQzzF
Aeon Timeline to create visual timelines for my stories: www.aeontimeli...
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If you want to see some more in-depth tutorials, I cannot recommend Campfire's own CZcams channel enough. They've walked through practically everything. (It helped me figure out how to place icons on my map. 🙃) ENJOY! czcams.com/channels/FQbdukCiL4Z-UjT5JSC-sQ.html
Fun Fact: In the navy, sometimes naval servicemen will wear an eyepatch so that when the vessel they're serving on goes "dark" they already have one eye that's adjusted to the dark so they can continue working with no lag time because they don't have to wait for both eyes to adjust. So as funny as "not needing" an eyepatch is, it can actually serve a purpose. Meaning your comedic moment can prove accidentally/intentionally useful if the lights happen to suddenly go out in another scene.
Thank you for the insight! We shall see
I’m always afraid of using programs like these in case they become unsupported in the future 😂
Could you imagine your narrator working with the characters? " he didnt want to take the thing"
"Oh but I do"
"You're gonna get in trouble"
"I am dressed as a lady. Who's gonna find me?"
"Well the beard....."
Yes.....this is in my head now.
Creating an Encyclopedia is super interesting! I'm writing a fantasy novel with different countries and cities and towns and even different species (humans, werewolves, vampires, and wixen, along with animals) and I'm already struggling to map everything out, lol. Campfire Blaze seems cool, I might consider using it. Love the video!
IM SO EXCITED FOR THIS!! I need this so badly haha organizing fantasy worlds is so hard!
Let the wave of people coming over straight from the stream begin! LOL
BAHAHAHA YES.
Stressed out my tiny box right now, stuck doing confusing panicky engineering work and I'm desperate to get back home and get back to writing and playing DnD and then along comes this perfect video, THANK YOU!
Dnd is the best for creativity and just pushing that desire to tell a story. It was because of it that i started writting and am currently on the second self-published book from a trilogy based on my dnd game. It's great and even if it fails, i think it is still a great gift for my players!
This looks like something I need to do. I'm losing myself even as I'm on the second draft of the first book in a ten-ish book series. XD I just found this channel a day or so ago, and you've given me great inspiration for camp!
Ooooh welcome to the channel!! And omg I can't even imagine a 10 book series. 5 books is enough for me so far bahaha. GOOD LUCK and yes, Campfire has helped me organize my series so much!!
I’m making a series bible in Scrivener, which is turning out to be super helpful. I cannot get over how pretty and amazing your character art is
I'm suspicious that you've named something... :P. J/k. Loving all the DnD energy great job Kate!
Also, after watching Beautiful Creatures I absolutely love the name Seraphine and anything g close...particularly when Jeremy Irons says it LOL
This is an amazing video and it was really helpful. I was debating about whether I wanted to try out Campfire because I have a series bible I need to create for my mystery series. Thank you for this Kate and I love seeing the pupperoni's 😍❤️🐕🐕 Take care Kate! ❤️❤️
This makes me miss the DnD sessions I used to do! I've wanted to get into DnD but I know that I would have to just devote my time to it or I'd be frustrated with myself , so maybe one day haha
It has helped me so much with my story! My character is in a boarding school so I was able to create a grid with his classes that I need to refer back to to keep my timeline smooth. I also have various real locations that I needed to include distances between, hours of operation, etc. It's really helped keep me organized.
While I like a paper version this thing looks amazing! There is so much detail in it and looks like its be good for everything from stand alone to long series.
Aaaah this is wonderful, I'm definetly going to try it out. And love the video in video feature haha
I don't need more writing software....I don't need more writing software....(seriously, looks so fun!! I'm so tempted)
This sounds like so much fun! I used to write my D&D campaigns based on stories I was writing at the time and test the theme out on my friends. Some of the random things that ended up happening were really funny. It's so lovely you get to do this with your brothers.
I'm working on a series bible for an experiment project I'm currently working on (in standard campfire). I'm having a lot of fun with it although some of it is frustrating. I know a lot of people have problems with Campfire, but I really like it. I mean I wish it were a bit more intuitive, but it has what I need.
I played D&D once and frankly it was not a good time because there was a lot of nepatism and frankly inappropriate things going on that made me uncomfortable. I want to try again if I can find a group and I started writing a oneshot to go along with one of my stories. Silly but I thought it would be a cool thing for people. Plus it could argueably stand alone (without the books).
I can't pick a favorite writer but when I think about world building I think of Tolkien. I love just how much world there is. You could skip all the appendixes and read the books without it or be me and scoure all the extra stories, family trees, etc. Haha.
These characters are fascinating. I never thought to novelize a game like that even though it makes sense. I mean it is basically a story anyway so it would work well. I will probably end up getting blaze if I end up with multiple computers that I work on. Right now I only have one so it isn't a big deal so long as I back up files. I have recently realized I need to make timelines... I have no sense of time/flow.
Creating a story bible is quite fun. It was more of a worldbuilding encyclopedia though, because worldbuilding and understanding the magic system had the most importance.
I definitely agree with how D&D, and other TTRPGs can help people become better writers. Playing as a character can help improve how one writes their characters and their actions. It seems to place the player in the perspective of a character being gradually introduced to the world and other characters, in a similar way to reading. When I first started playing D&D, I started thinking of my characters in a different way, as well as the story itself and how it should be gradually revealed.
I can't wait until this pandemic ends so I can play D&D without the intense stress of voice calls, learning how to use Roll20, and general confusion as I'm still a new-ish player.
(Ok coming back after actually watching the video lol)
This is SO helpful! I tried the free trial of Campfire a few months ago, but I think I got overwhelmed by all the things the program could do and couldn't really figure out how to make it work for me -- I didn't even know half the things in this video. Might have to give it another try haha :)
I definitely found it overwhelming when I first tried it!!! But now all the features are the best. Half of them I didn't realize I wanted until I clicked around and was like ....oooooh. bahahah
@@KateCavanaugh I had the same experience with Scrivener LOL Just exploring until you find something that works :D
I did this for my murder mystery novel Heritage... I just can't remember all the names and descriptions of the whole police team and the victims and potential suspects etc. XD love Campfire for this!
Also used it for my fantasy post apocalyptic novel set in the same universe as the one above. Keeps good track of what needs to go where and what used to be where before the apocalypse XD
Go Kate, get that sponsorship $$ girl 😂😂
The Buddy Thieves sounds awesome!! And yeah, Campfire is pretty cool. I was overwhelmed in the beginning so its nice that videos like these help breakdown those gazillion features...
I'm sorry, if I see "VM" my brain automatically goes to Vox Machina. 😆
This kinda makes me want campfire blaze ngl.
I tried doing a series bible in word before because I've seen other people do it, but because of how I'm writing my series, I was constantly having to go back and change too much. I keep about two notebooks full of world and character info and leaf through them every so often to refresh my brain on what I wanted. If campfire makes this easier it might be worth it :'D
Thanks for showing some more of the nitty gritty of it! That edit the whole timeline thing will probably help me a lot!
Did He name that character, “Very Magical!?!?”
Lolol he did not, but that would have been funny!!
@@KateCavanaugh the fact that it popped into my head & that it’s not that far off should be taken as a masterclass in successful characterization, pattern recognition & a well tuned right brain doing the creative as needed.
Also there is a Sarafina [Nance] that just finished her 1st season of astronomy explainers for Seeker. She did an episode on sextants that is amazing that might be of use for the Meridian Maps (again, right brain finding obscure connections). I’m about to start my fitness+ classes for the day then listen to where the Crawdads sing. When you get time I think you will enjoy Gods of Jade And Shadow, I finished the audiobook last night 🤯😱😳
WHAT?!?! OMG, this is such a cool tool! My W.I.P has so much to keep up with (from terms, to characters, to places, etc). I do get the fear that Antonine Bandele stated about these things becoming "unsupported in the future", but perhaps there's a way to back up your work? 🤔
These type of videos are literally my favorite
Funny and slightly useless fact about eye patches. The eye patch was worn more by the Navigator, especially a night navigator because it takes time for the brain to adjust sight to darkness, I think it's a couple of hours, so the Navigator would wear an eye patch so seeing out of that eye would already be adjusted to the darkness and could see any dangers ahead in the middle of the night. Then the next morning he would switch since the brain already got used to seeing in light, which takes a shorter amount of time about 5-10 minutes depending on eye sight to fully adjust.
That is a VERY interesting eye patch fact!! I love that, thank you!
@@KateCavanaugh makes you think hmm...
Oh yeah this is my favorite part of writing!
This video has really made me want to use this program.
It would be amazing if you could do a video like this for Scrivener someday for all the newbies! I've been using it for over a year now and parts of it still confuse me lmao
First comment: very cool, would definitely check this out, the maps especially seem like something that would be supper useful.
Hahahaha doubling up on the stream AND in the CZcams comments, I see you, Hero! :)
Thank you for this video! I've been struggling with how to set up my series bible in Campfire Blaze. This helps!
I was thinking about making a wordanvil account for my story, but this looks like it might be a better fit.
Will try it out and see. :}
I legitimately play a DnD character that is a halfling named Serephina 😆
Your videos have helped me improve my writing so much! i have been in a slump ever since quarantine started! Hope you accomplish everything! I love your streams btw but I haven't had time to make it to them :( ~Cleo
I've got to purchase this once I move, but this was helpful.
i intend so much on getting campfire
I've been wanting to do something similar, but focus on the couple that took my character in and raised her until she had to run off. I really want to explore their backstories more, how they met and fell in love, and why they decided to start an orphan thieves guild. (Also your character's last name makes me curious if you perhaps watch Critical Roll?)
I'm first! I'm first!
WOOO, GO REGINA GO :)
How to create encyclopedia like Britanica, encarta?. what are suitable software to create it?
I just purchased a few modules for the month to try out, since my goal for camp nano is to re-plot and world build an old project that I'm suddenly hyped about again. I'm very impressed by it! Have you used/do you recommend Campfire Pro? I'm not sure if it's worth the investment.
Are these printable?
Hi!, how do you learn how to write a book??? structure and all those technical aspects? I'm just starting, and just drafting a few things, it's really crazy... anyway... ¿quieres aprender español? ¡conversemos! podemos hacer un video, yo practico mi inglés y tu español!!!
There’s a book called “save the cat” that is really useful for starting out!
@@melyssajaide1645 Thanks!
Hey Melissa thank you, thank you, thank you for the advice. I'm just finishing the book and it gave me structure and peace of mind xD...
@@TheAndreaDonoso so glad it helped! It was an absolute life saver for me
I don't see the link to the artist of the map... 🤔🤔🤔
He used a generator!! But thank you for the reminder to link them, I can't believe I forgot. 🙃
Added! And here you go :) watabou.itch.io/medieval-fantasy-city-generator
Is your brother’s character named Van Morrison??? lol
Hahahaha, no unfortunately
"VM"... Viggo Mortensen????
V.M. = Viggo Mortenson