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

club 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 Yaros. 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 savannagilba.com forward slash book dash club.

One more time that savannagilba.com forward slash book dash club. Hope to see you there.

Whatever it is, this goal just needs to be something specific and timely that your characters think

will bring them happiness or fulfillment. And this goal does not have to relate to love because

usually that's not what's on the protagonist's mind. Usually they want something else and love is

not even on the table or it's not really even a thought in their mind. So to give your story

depth, you want to make sure that there's something other than love that your protagonist is going

for. This will also help create conflict for your protagonist when love does enter the picture

and when they ultimately have to choose between this external goal and love or figure out how they

can still achieve this external goal and then still have love or whatever the situation is that you

come up with. Welcome to the Fiction Writing Made Easy Podcast. My name is savannagilba and I'm

here to help you write a story that works. I want to prove to you that writing a novel doesn't have

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