tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005062827798430682.post2651544322473179073..comments2024-02-21T05:25:03.233-05:00Comments on Adventures in YA Publishing: Ask a Million Questions: Worldbuilding by Kristin BaileyMartina Boonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03358736828122139189noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005062827798430682.post-36321885742241290642013-05-03T18:02:09.282-04:002013-05-03T18:02:09.282-04:00Hi everyone,
I'm glad you found the article h...Hi everyone,<br /><br />I'm glad you found the article helpful. I absolutely agree that one of the traps of world building is trying to put too much in. That's what I was getting at with the reminder to keep an eye on the big picture. Your big picture of a novel is your plot and characters and your world building should only come in in details that are needed for your big picture.<br /><br />Thanks so much for having me here.Kristin Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02859375412258609809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005062827798430682.post-79855340019639594782013-05-02T00:32:46.381-04:002013-05-02T00:32:46.381-04:00Hi, Kristin! Nice to see you here. Thanks for the ...Hi, Kristin! Nice to see you here. Thanks for the great advice on worldbuilding! Your book sounds awesome. I saw the trailer for it and can't wait to read it!Clara Kensiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739170567096747793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005062827798430682.post-45129194378110381202013-05-01T12:30:26.691-04:002013-05-01T12:30:26.691-04:00I've been worldbuilding my novel series for ab...I've been worldbuilding my novel series for about ten years now. Long long time. And yet, I STILL add more to it all the time. My series is a science fiction story, so I really have been building up from square one.<br /><br />The one pitfall you have to be careful of while worldbuilding though involves story. Don't let the world become more important than the story. Then you end up with a world driven novel instead of a character driven or plot driven novel and you get a lot of random and pointless info dumps that add nothing to the story.<br /><br />To avoid that, I keep all my world building notes on a large document. Maybe someday I'll print the notes separate from the novels (like Tolkien did). In the meantime though, the notes are there to enhance the story, not to take it over. XDR. A. Meenanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14250828348872453976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005062827798430682.post-62551742879551571812013-05-01T12:18:09.715-04:002013-05-01T12:18:09.715-04:00I'm definitely going to have to read your book...I'm definitely going to have to read your book, Kristen. I love the Victorian Era, especially if there's a mystery mixed in! Right now I'm reading the Mistborn trilogy, and am absolutely in awe of how detailed and *realistic* Sanderson's "magic" system is. Can't' imagine how much time that man spent on research. My novel begins in this world, but is in a new one by chapter three, which raises all sorts of issues with perspective that need addressing.. but where's the fun, without the challenge? Thank you for posting, they're such helpful tips!Sarah L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12926090586040850870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005062827798430682.post-10515707147602545132013-04-30T16:49:59.912-04:002013-04-30T16:49:59.912-04:00Oooh, the book sounds interesting. Great tips, too...Oooh, the book sounds interesting. Great tips, too. Now that I'm writing YA, I'm having to do world-building and it's intimidating. The next two series I have in mind involve quite a lot of world-building so I'm taking the tips where I can get them. Thanks!Cindy R. Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13488732331021750408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005062827798430682.post-49644062442008426762013-04-30T13:44:44.642-04:002013-04-30T13:44:44.642-04:00Great tips, Kristin. Thanks for sharing them with ...Great tips, Kristin. Thanks for sharing them with us! My favorite part of worldbuilding is finding the unexpected tension from using the world to offer challenges to the characters. I guarantee you that if I ever write a book set in Victorian London, some significant trauma to my characters will result from having to wait for the horse poo cart :D. Martina Boonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03358736828122139189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005062827798430682.post-85175058183770079822013-04-30T13:38:58.833-04:002013-04-30T13:38:58.833-04:00These are some great tips. The more you know about...These are some great tips. The more you know about your world the more real it feels for a reader. I think the only caution for research is info dumping on any subject, but that is something to watch out for anyway.Brandon Axhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027731412064014586noreply@blogger.com