| Not a Blog |
| Scrolls went out of fashion when the Royal Library of Alexandria was accidentally burned around 50 B.C. |
| For some reason, modern computer blogs have adapted the scroll as their preferred format. Why anyone would scroll down an endless list rather that use a page format (see: Gutenberg, around 1440) is beyond me. A blog assumes a straight-line chronological order of thinking and anything new has to go at the top, to later fall off the bottom. |
| We prefer a system that can be re-ordered at anytime and updated as needed so it can be refreshed as the story progresses. |
| The same issue is applicable to pdf document formats, The document is set in pages, but locked in time. While they can be re-written, the old pages are still extant somewhere and can not be re-called if stored on another system. |
| Concepts behind our page design: |
| Keeping track of the story line can be daunting. We have set this up in a database so we can sort on key names to check for consistency. |
| For example: If we want to find out everything we have written about Jack+toolbelt we just sort on the major category of "Jack" and minor category "Tools" |
| Every line flagged with those headers is displayed in the working grid and we can review and edit the text in real time to insure story consistency. |
| Likewise changing the order of lines can be performed by sorting by paragraph number. |