This is K.M. Wyland and you are listening to the two hundred forty of the Helping Writers Become Authors

Podcast. I received the galleys for the annotated Jane Eyre this week complete

with spiffy forward from worldwide bestseller Diana Gabalden herself.

I knew this one would be a bear to type set simply because of the unique nature of the lengthy

annotations to the original Jane Eyre text.

But the good folks at Writers Digest books have done an amazing job.

The book looks absolutely gorgeous, including color highlights throughout the book.

We're inching closer to a late summer release date and I can't wait to share it with all of you,

along with some literally jaw-dropping launch prizes.

Stay tuned.

The latest post on my blog is How to Write A Stupid Character.

It points out the reasons authors sometimes unwittingly create stupid characters, why those reasons may be endangering your story,

to find the post visit my site at helping writers become authors.com.

And now I hope you enjoyed this week's podcast entitled Creating Stunning Character Arks Part 13,

The Third Act.

Character Arks in the Third Act are all about intensity. On the story's exterior, the

conflict is heating up, the protagonist is a runaway train thundering toward what has now become an inevitable confrontation with the

antagonistic force.

But on the inside, he's reeling.

The third plot point sucker punched him. Something horrible and unexpected came out of the blue

and knocked him woozy.

But most important of all, this event revealed his progress in his character arc when he reflexively lashed out and acted

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