3 # The Process of Writing Books
7 (See ArM5 p 165 for rules)
9 In summary you spend one or more seasons putting your wisdom down on
10 paper, and at the end you have your darling written in crabby magus
13 Determine at this point what language you're writing in.
15 There is a limit on how many distinct tractatus you can write on a
16 subject: half your score in an ability or one fifth of your score in
21 Commentaries are tractatus about summae
26 * not be able to learn from the summa any more
27 * access to the summa for the season
29 Otherwise you do exactly the same as for writing a tracctatus
30 (above). It does count towards your maximum number.
34 See the [[seperate page on Correspondences|Correspondences]].
36 Correspondences don't count towards your maximum number of tractatus.
40 (See Covenants pp 90-91 for rules)
42 You spend a season poring over the tractatus in the library then
43 produce a list of which ones to assemble and the order they go in.
45 You can include tractatus you haven't read, but you can't take
46 advantage of the bonus for a florilegium you assembled.
48 The languages of the tractatus don't change.
52 (See Covenants p 91 for rules)
54 You can gloss summae written by people with inferior Communication
55 scores to you while reading them. Well, you can scribble in the
56 margins regardless; but that has no mechanical advantage.
58 If you're an awkward cuss glossing in a different language to what
59 the book is written in then please don't.
61 Since you're writing directly into the original summa you're done now;
62 but do please tell the librarian.
64 ### Lecture Commentaries
66 (See Art & Academe p 102 for rules)
68 A scribe writes down the nonsense you witter about during a lecture
71 You can improve the quality by spending a subsequent season editing
74 You have to have at least two students attend your lecture to make a
75 commentary; and they can only be written for Academic and Arcane
78 You can produce as many commentaries as your level in the ability in
81 For all other purposes lecture commentaries count as tractatus.
83 Scribes are often available to take lecture commentaries, please ask.
87 (See Art & Academe p 87 for rules)
89 ## Produce a fair copy
91 At this point a skilled scribe will produce a fair copy of the text
92 for you. If you are a skilled scribe (Profession: Scribe 6) then you
93 can produce your own fair copies if you wrote the book yourself; or
94 can copy tractatus for a florilegia if you want. This might save
97 This takes one season per tractatus, or usually one season for a
98 summa (note that this means a florilegium will take a long time to
99 produce a fair copy of. Multiple scribes could be used if they're not
102 We have a limited number of skilled scribes (2 plus Claudine) so if
103 they are busy then there might be a delay at this stage.
105 ## Bind and Illuminate
107 The book is bound by a skilled binder and illuminated by a skilled
108 illuminator. Usually our professionals will be able to do this in the
109 season following the fair copy being made.
111 At this point resonant effects could be added; but they are very
114 ## (Optional) Clarification
116 The book can be clarified. This probably is neither worth it nor a
119 ## Calculate the Quality
121 See [[Rules/HouseRules#index12h2]]
123 ## Give the book to the Librarian
125 If you want! Although if you aren't intending to then you will be at
126 the bottom of the list for scribe time.
128 If you want you can place restrictions on further redistribution; for
129 example the Cow and Calf Oath (Covenants p 95).