Software to organise world building?
There were a couple of other questions about this, but they were asked many years ago, so I thought I'd start a new one.
For a long time, I used Wiki on a Stick to organise my worlds and allow for easy access. That software is no longer supported and doesn't work with more recent browsers. From there, I created my own website through HTML and CSS to function in a similar way. It works well enough, but it's a very slow process to go through all the time.
So, can anyone recommend me either paid or free software that is useful for storing information about different worlds, characters and so on, with an easy way to navigate between them and room for images.
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I use the Gollum wiki. It works well for me. There's no database, just wiki-formatted text files. It uses the git version control system so you have a history of every change you make (and you don't have to know how to use git, it does it all for you). Very nice and extremely simple to use - you just start it up and do all your edits in a web browser.
The only downside it doesn't run on Windows, only Unix-based systems (e.g. OS X, Linux).
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I use Google Sites for my worldbuilding. If you need an example, view my page here. It takes time and effort, but you can design it like a wiki. Google Sites is extremely user-friendly and best of all, it's free! However, don't upload too many large files (images should be fine but music and videos start to add up after a while) or else it makes you buy more space.
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Just wanted to put in a word for the Novel Factory (http://www.novel-software.com. Disclosure, I am the creator).
It's aimed at organising all aspects of a novel, including locations, characters, plots and research.
There's a strong emphasis on it being easy and intuitive to use, and allowing lots of images.
It's free to try.
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Evernote
I personally have 2 (free) accounts on Evernote, that share almost all notes, meaning I can use them on all my devices. There are online and downloaded versions of the notes application for all devices to my knowledge, and you can create notes or "notebooks" (notebooks contain multiple notes) for things such as "characters", "world", "plot points", "ideas", "to do", "the story" and so on - It allows for a wide range of attachments such as links and images if you want it.
I've been using it for years now and I'm quite fond of it.
I personally have multiple notebooks roughly named:
- Work (I'm a teacher)
- Writing (my creating writing on my novel)
- Texts/Lyrics (I compose music)
- Random notes
All the notebooks above then contain multiple notes.
Would definitely recommend!
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