/lit/ - Literature

>>3760109
Basically a fancy word for a document that contains roughly the following:

Synopsis
Premise / Themes / Motif
Characters (biographies)
Outline (optional, sometimes a separate document)

You can add more sub-headings, such as motivations, influences, etc. But with a treatment that involves worldbuilding at its core, you obviously have to explain a lot more. Sometimes treatments are also called bibles.

Think of a treatment as a guide book. A document a stranger could pick up and read, and get a general idea of what the story (and world) is about. Treatments are generally more used in the film and television industry, and are sent to prospective producers to obtain funding. I think they’re used among general writers too, to try and snag publication deals also.

>pic related - a treatment of DS9 I have on my computer.