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Considering how bare bones they are, I'm thinking the 'bibles' are initially written at the start of a show as a base of reference and launching point for the writers. I've seen fan fic writers guides with more guts to them. Mainly, so that WHEN some enterprising soul releases it on the internet, it won't reveal anything about where the ultimate story arch (if any) is going-but that's just my theory.

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Oh, you'd be surprised how little the writer's bibles for a TV series actually reveal about the characters. I think it would have to go into depth about River. Originally posted by christhecynic: Well it would have to say the extent of what Book could know/reveal, but probably in general terms. And some just go screaming down the highway, dropping flaming bits of wreckage. This site has some excellent resources geared towards fan fiction authors, as does 'Whoa, Good Myth' () and - Some take the high road. I've actually seen some shows end up using fan websites or FAQs ( Highlander actually used the timeline/FAQ that the fans put together to keep the dates on teh flashbacks straight, and Nikita used to send their freelance writers to one of the fan sites which had a 'The Story Thus Far' page with character bios and facts). But personally? I think bibles are WAY useful. Especially early on, when you've only got 6, 13, or 22 scripts to deal with.

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When you've got a full staff, rather than taking a lot of freelance scripts, it's often much easier to just reference scripts or episodes. From what I remember, a lot of times it's the script co-ordinator who ends up doing it (at least, on some of the shows where I've known script co-ordinators-like Due South and Highlander) and just has character bios and production synopses of the first season, for reference. And often times, a bible that you start with doesn't have much more than what a press kit would-character bios, and a production synopsis. ST:TNG started off with a bible (which they revised each year), but TOS didn't. Not every show starts out with a bible-a lot of times, they're put together as the second season starts.

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