How do you build a worldbuilding wiki for your novel?
A worldbuilding wiki keeps your characters, places, and world rules as pages linked to each other, browsable the way an encyclopedia is. It can stay private for your own reference, or you can share the sections you choose with readers.
What sets a worldbuilding wiki apart from plain notes?
The real difference is linking; in a wiki, you can jump from a character's page to the place they live or the group they belong to in one click, and that link works in reverse too. In a plain document you have to search for those relationships by hand; in a wiki they show up automatically.
Should you build the wiki upfront, or grow it later?
Both work; some writers weave links in as they build the world, others take scattered notes first and turn them into linked pages afterward. In yazar.io, typing an @Name is enough to create that link automatically; you don't need to plan the structure in advance.
Should your wiki stay private, or get published?
Both are valid choices. It can stay private as your own reference tool, or you can publish the sections you choose (Notes are never included) as a read-only page with a Shareable Wiki; scope is set per book, and it's entirely under your control.
What's the difference between a wiki and a story bible?
They're two presentations of the same content; as the story bible glossary entry puts it, a story bible is the record of your world as a concept, while a wiki is the linked structure that lets you browse that record. In yazar.io, both exist at once, in the same place.
Do I need to learn a separate tool to build a wiki?
No; in yazar.io, the wiki isn't a separate 'mode,' it's simply what happens when the Characters/Locations/Lore sections you already use get linked to each other.
If I publish my wiki, does my whole book become public?
No. Notes are never included under any circumstance, scope works as an all-or-nothing toggle per book, and you stay in control of the detail and can turn it off at any time.
Does managing a wiki get harder as it grows?
No; since links are created automatically, there's no manual 'table of contents' to maintain; a new page shows up in the right places on its own.
Is a wiki only useful for fantasy?
No; as the cast and location count grows in any genre (mystery, historical fiction, realistic fiction), a linked structure pays off regardless of genre.
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