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Helping Writers Become Authors

10 Questions Your Readers Shouldn't Have to Ask

Helping Writers Become Authors

K.M. Weiland

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4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2012

⏱️ 6 minutes

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0:00.0

This is KAMWylent and you are listening to the 157venth episode of the wordplay podcast.

0:14.0

I can't believe this week has zoomed by so quickly.

0:17.0

Between mop up after some company last week and the holiday on the fourth,

0:21.0

I'm not really sure what I've done this week, editing to be sure, but I haven't

0:25.7

been able to focus as much as I'd like, which means my productivity hasn't been sky-high.

0:30.7

But the good news is I'm nearing the end of my post editor edits on Dreamlander.

0:35.0

I'm looking forward to finishing that so I can get back to Storming's outline.

0:39.0

I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do with the deepest breath at this point.

0:43.0

I realized during the course of this latest edit that it's going to need some significant

0:47.3

changes.

0:48.3

I'm just not quite sure yet what those changes should be.

0:51.1

I can tell the next few weeks are going to be full of lots of

0:54.7

pondering. Have you set the right tone for your story? The latest post in the

1:00.9

video series on my blog talks about an oft-overlooked but surprisingly

1:05.1

crucial decision that needs to be made before you even began writing your story.

1:10.5

To watch it, visit my blog at Wordplay-K-M-Y-L-N-D dot blog spot dot com.

1:18.9

New videos are posted every Wednesday.

1:21.3

And now I hope you enjoyed this week's podcast.

1:24.2

Ten questions your readers shouldn't have to ask.

1:29.7

The most important thing an author can present in the beginning of any scene is a question

1:34.8

that will hook readers into needing to know the answer. The second most important

1:39.2

thing is making certain that question isn't the wrong question.

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