Hey there, Savannah here. Before we get into today's episode, I wanted to share our next book

pick with you because I'm super excited to dig into this book and see how and why it works.

Our next meeting is coming up on November 16th at 4 p.m. Pacific, 7 p.m. Eastern, and we're going to be

digging into the fourth wing by Rebecca Yarrows.

Abigail and I are so excited to deconstruct this book and these meetings are always so much fun.

They're interactive so in addition to our presentation on why we think this story works

and why we think it resonates with readers, there are also polls and lots of opportunities to chat with other

writers and ask us questions and you know just participate in a group discussion

about a really awesome book. As always our aim is to analyze a novel and translate our learnings into

actionable tips, tools, and strategies that you can take and implement in your own

writing right away. So if you want to join us or if you want to learn more about how the book club works, go to

Savannah Gilboe.com forward slash book.

One more time, that's Savannah Gilboe.com forward slash book

dash club. Hope to see you there. This is also the time you want to take a

look at your protagonist and your antagonist and ask yourself if they're well developed

or not. So do they have overarching story goals that they pursue from start to finish?

Do they have believable motivations for pursuing those goals?

Are the stakes of success or failure clear for both the protagonist and the antagonist and do they change throughout the story.

Ideally your antagonist is going to be as well developed as your protagonist so that's

something you're going to want to keep in mind at this stage too.

Your antagonist might not go through a complete arc of change,

but they still should have a goal and a believable motivation

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