Hollywood is dying. The era of peak TV is rumoured to be in its final days, and everybody wants to know where it went wrong. As industries collapse, major corporations are trying to monopolise what’s left, squeezing the final pennies into their bank before the inevitable collapse. Transmedia practices offer a collaborative, adaptive, audience focused and artist centric way to tell stories. Done right, they can build exponentially outside the Hollywood system and hopefully, one day, replace it.

You’re writing a script. You’re six months in, but you’ve forgotten if your protagonist is scared of heights in a key scene. Going back to your notes, you find an absolute mess! There’s conflicting scribbles, notes, and musings on whether they might be scared of heights, and you don’t have time to re-read everything you’ve written so far to find the definitive answer! A series bible (or story bible) is more than a pitching tool, it’s a way for all writers to organise their writing, no matter the length of a finished script.

If you’re struggling to make sense of a full-length script, getting all the characters and stories muddled in your head, this article is for you.