Tag: aspiring author

• Eight Character Archetypes, Then and Now

  

  Four years ago, I wrote a blog post on my old Mad Chronicler site called “Who’s Who? The 8 Character Archetypes.” I’ve been thinking about it a lot, lately. Four years is a long time for any individual writer, and even in the bookish community, our understanding of tropes and archetypes can shift in that…

  Katie Bachelder

  July 1, 2020

  For Writers: Builder’s Theory

  aspiring author, character archetypes, contagonist, dramatica, Fantasy, fantasy writing, novel writing, Robert Jordan, Wheel of Time

• The Process of Writing a Novel: An Unpublished Author’s Edition

  Stage 1: Catch the spark. This is the most thrilling part that any to-be-author is going to see for quite some time. Where the ideas come from is a bit of a mystery. It begins, I suppose, with an impression or an image that sparks the novelist’s mind in the form of a creative what…

  Katie Bachelder

  March 29, 2019

  Uncategorized

  #amwriting, aspiring author, author, drafts, editing, novel writing, process description, writer, writing

• 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

• 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