This is K.M. Wyland and you are listening to the three hundred twelfth episode of the Helping Writers Become Authors podcast. It's no secret the end of summer always sees me throwing a massive pity party.

No more sandals, no more long days, no more warm toes.

But one of the admittedly good things about the end of summer is that life always seems to

calm down a bit. I don't know what it is

about summer but life always seems to run at about 200 miles an hour during the nice

weather. So it's kind of nice to breathe a little sigh of relaxation as fall approaches and I can

settle in for the completion of your end projects, the cleanup of odds and ends that have

been pushed to the back burner all year

and the beginning of plans to do it all over in 2016.

I hope your fall months are shaping up to have lots of positive returns for the lost sunshine as well.

The latest post in the video series on my blog is why weak plot points are like the Bush-Gore vote counting debacle.

It talks about the chief cause of weak plot points and how you can make sure your story nails its crucial structural moments every time. To find the post

visit my site at helping writers become authors.com. And now I hope you

enjoyed this week's podcast entitled Six Tasks You Love Yourself for Checking Off Your Nano

pre-writing list. When participating in National Novel Writing Month or

Nano Raimo, what is the only thing more important? National Novel Writing Month, or Nanohrimo.

What is the only thing more important

than getting those 50,000 words written in November?

How about making sure you've checked

all the necessary to do's off your nano

pre-writing list in October. Today I'm going to show you how to conquer six

pre-writing tasks that can help you have a fun, easy, and successful novel-writing adventure,

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