This is K.M. Wyland and you are listening to the 244th episode of the Helping Writers Become Authors Podcast.

Behold the Dawn is boasting a spiffy new cover these days thanks to the talented

Alissa from Demonsa. I'm much happier with this

rendition than the old cover of the book has been sporting ever since it came out

in 2009. This one is a better job of highlighting the love story that is at the novel's heart,

as well as the dark and dangerous medieval setting.

I'm a bit of a book cover geek, so it's always fun seeing how artists envision your own book. Check it out.

The latest post in the video series on my blog is Make Your Character's

Reactions Twice as interesting.

It points out why your character's reactions are sometimes even more important than their

actions, and how to double the effect in a surprising way.

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

And now I hope you enjoy this week's podcast entitled Creating Stunning Character Arks Part 15, The Resolution.

The Resolution Caps Character Arks like the Cherry on top of a banana split.

In some respects, it almost seems to be an extraneous piece of the story.

After all, your character's arc is already complete.

He irrevocably proved his devotion to the truth and the climax.

He turned his back on the lie so completely that he'll never again be able to surrender

to its thrall. So why do we need the resolution at all?

This important ending scene or scenes is there to bookend the opening scene.

In the beginning of your story, you showed your character living in his normal world as shaped by the lie.

In the resolution you get to show readers the new normal world that has been built by the character's hard-won truth.

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