Purpose
A guide, not just help files
The Guide explains the thinking behind the app. It starts with creative problems, then shows the ideas that help solve them.
You should be able to read it before using the app and still come away with a better way to organise a world.
Start here
Foundation articles
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What Canon Garden Is
How loose ideas become a world you can return to.
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Why Worlds Become Hard to Hold
Why growing worlds place pressure on memory, and how simple organisation helps.
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What Is a Card?
How individual ideas get a clear place to live inside a world.
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Glossary
Plain definitions for the main terms, with links back to the articles that use them.
Writing rules
How the Guide should read
- Start with the creative problem.
- Use short, clear paragraphs.
- Give concrete examples before abstract terms.
- Keep the creator in control.
- Teach one useful step at a time.