Category: For Writers: Builder’s Theory

• Drafting Character Sketches: Building Your Plot pt. 2

  Last month, I discussed writing a book’s abstract, a sort of premature “book blurb” to help you keep both interested and focused on the most important aspect of any novel project: the plot. For many of us, however, the plot is one of the hardest things to develop, and so is best cultivated by exploring…

  Katie Bachelder

  March 8, 2019

  For Writers: Builder’s Theory

  aspiring author, character development, draft zero, drafts, Game of Thrones, plotting, writing, writing tips

• Building Your Plot: An Introduction to Your Abstract

  I’ve already confessed (multiple times, admittedly) that my favorite part of writing is the world-building. If I could, I would immerse myself in one world or another and build, build, build. Like Tolkien, I would know the people, their beliefs, their sense of fashion, their ethics, their language, their history. You can, I think, find…

  Katie Bachelder

  February 8, 2019

  For Writers: Builder’s Theory

  abstract, book blurb, books, Builder’s Theory, character development, plotting, world-building

• Plot: 4 Ways to Get Unstuck in NaNoWriMo

  I’m a hypocrite, okay? I fully acknowledge that. I, a dedicated writer, am not participating in NaNoWriMo2018 and yet I still have the gall to write about how to get unstuck when knee-deep in first-draft Plot. If it makes you feel any better, I’ve attempted NaNoWriMo before. This is not exactly new territory for me.…

  Katie Bachelder

  November 15, 2018

  For Writers: Builder’s Theory

  #amwriting, NaNoWriMo, NaNoWriMo2018, novel writing, plot, plotting, writing, writing tips

• World-Building: 5 Things an Author Should Know About Myths

  I’m very passionate about mythology. Beyond the fascinating cleverness that goes into each myth at its conception, mythology as its own brand of story-telling has always been an awe-inspiring way to bring magic into the mundane. So, whether your novel’s world has real magic in it or not, and whether your character has access to…

  Katie Bachelder

  November 1, 2018

  For Writers: Builder’s Theory

  Ancient Greek, Fantasy, magic, mythology, origin myths, science, world-building, Young Elites

• 7 Things Aspiring Authors Should Know about Plotting

  Or: A Beginner’s Guide to my Builder’s Theory Number 1: Pantsing vs. Plotting is not a useful way to determine how to write your book. Think of it this way: a book cannot be written in a single draft. As you write and go through several different drafts, your novel will go through various changes,…

  Katie Bachelder

  September 1, 2018

  For Writers: Builder’s Theory

  aspiring author, character development, draft zero, Lord of the Rings, novel writing, pantser, plotter, plotting, world-building, writing