This is K.M. Wyland.

This is K.M. Wyland and you are listening to the 91st episode of the Word Play Podcast.

This week has been a hodgepodge of editing, researching, and rewriting.

I'm deep into edits of outlining your novel, map your way to success, utilizing both

hard copies, and Adobe Reader's handy read-out-loud

feature which converts text to speech of a sort. The computerized voice, which I've

dubbed Howie, offers some pretty hilarious pronunciations.

He seems to be unable to decide if he's English, Scottish, Russian, French, German, Indian,

or Transylvanian. I also finished,

finished, please envision finished with quotes around it. The last of my research

quibbles for my historical work in progress the deepest breath. And even better, figured out how to fix a couple

scenes that have been bugging me ever since I wrote them. I'm currently in the process of

rewriting both those scenes. If all goes well I should finish them within a few days and start on my first round of edits.

The April issue of my e-letter hit inboxes last week.

It included the usual roundup of inspirational quotes, creativity jump starters, and helpful

links, as well as the article Understanding Chapter Cliffhangers, and my response to a subscriber's

question about whether or not you should post unpublished

work on the internet.

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Why you should give your character's unlikable traits, the latest post in the video series on my blog explains how betraying your character's faults will make them more sympathetic, not less.

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