This is K.M. Wyland and you are listening to the 347th episode of the Helping Writers Become Authors Podcast.

So you might remember I've recently started the outline for Dreambreaker, which is my first foray into the world of sequels and series.

And I was really excited about getting to track into new territory and take on the new challenge of writing a sequel.

And so far it has been really rewarding. I think

the most challenging thing is just how big the story becomes and how you have to try to

hold in your head not just the current book but the previous book and the book that will follow as well

you can't just plan one book which is what I've been used to doing in the past you have to understand

where the whole series is going to end up because that's going to affect all the decisions and

story beats your planning in this book. And of course when I originally wrote

Dreamlander I had no idea it was going to get a sequel one day so that's kind of its own

interesting little challenge in making sure the story that continues is one

that honors the first one and totally makes sense as a necessary extension. It's challenging some of the preconceptions

I've had about outlining sequels and series, which I'm sure I'll end up podcasting about sometime

in the future. For now, suffice it that so far this is turning out to be one of the most

rewarding projects I think I've ever worked on.

The latest post on my blog is How to Craft Dimension Dialogue. The secret to great dialogue, it's all about what's not being said.

Grab some quick tips from Captain America, first Avenger on how to write subtext in

dialogue. This is the fifth in the series the do's and don'ts of storytelling according

to Marvel which you can find on my site at helping writers become authors.com.

And now I hope you enjoy this week's podcast entitled Four Ways to

Verify your story concept is strong enough.

All story concepts are not created equal. Even once you get

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