This is KAMWylant and you are listening to the 159th episode of the Word Play Podcast.

The best editors are those who understand exactly what you're trying to accomplish in a story

and to then show you where you're falling short.

I was lucky enough to get to benefit from the help of just such an editor, my longtime

critique partner Adriella Ashford, this week.

I had been struggling with confusion and frustration with my historical work and progress, the deepest

breath, and was desperately in need of some objective feedback.

Adry came through, as she always does, and helped me see exactly where the story was succeeding

and what I needed to do to improve it.

She'll be putting out her editing shingle on the web soon, and I highly recommend her

services. When her side is up, I'll be sharing the URL.

In addition to molding on deepest and editing Dreamlander,

I'm also chugging along on the Outlining Your Novel workshop. I'm excited about all the new

material I'm able to share and the new depths the workshop is allowing me to plumb in

the evergreen subject of outlining. I hope students will enjoy learning from it as much as I'm enjoying putting

it together. Is your character stagnating? The latest post in the video series on my blog points out two ways in which your

protagonist's arc may have stalled. To watch it, visit my blog at Wordplay

dash K-M-W-E-I-Y-L-N-D. blog spot.com.

New videos are posted every Wednesday.

And now I hope you enjoyed this week's podcast. Five reasons to write your scenes in order, and three not to.

Should you ever write scenes out of order?

Here you are, ready to start in on a new story,

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