Glossary

The Shareable Wiki is a feature you can turn on per book, publishing that book's Characters/Locations/Lore and similar sections as a public, read-only page at yazar.io/@username/book-slug. It's off by default.

A story bible is a reference document that gathers a fictional world's characters, locations, rules, and history in one place. Its purpose is to answer 'have I used this name or detail before?' quickly, instead of relying on memory.

Lore is the body of information that defines a fictional world's history, rules (magic system, technology, religion, politics, and so on), and background. It describes how the world your characters live in works, not who the characters themselves are.

POV (point of view) determines whose eyes a scene or chapter is told through, and in what narrative person (first or third person, for example). A novel can have a single POV character, or multiple POV characters that alternate chapter by chapter.

Canon is the body of events and information an author treats as officially valid within a fictional universe. Once a detail is canon, later chapters or books are expected not to contradict it.

Worldbuilding is the process of designing the universe a work of fiction takes place in (its geography, history, societies, rules, and characters) as a consistent, believable whole. It's a core craft skill for novels, fantasy/sci-fi, and any long-running fictional series.