This is K.M. Island and you are listening to the 280th episode of the Helping Writers Become Authors Podcast.

So I've finally been able to dive into my two big fiction projects for the new year edits of my historical barnstormer story

Storming and a first draft of my historical superhero novel Wayfair. I don't generally like to go hard and heavy with two major projects at the same time, but

since Storming is headed for a publication deadline this fall, and since I'm hardly likely

to wait another six months or so to start writing again,

I've had to bite the bullet and dive in.

So far it's been a little crazy getting my new schedules worked out,

but I'm having a blast, thinking about nothing but fiction all day long or almost.

That dog does need to be walked on occasion, and the podcast does strangely seem to need me to talk into the microphone.

The latest post in the video series on my blog is Give Me 3 Minutes

and I'll give you a better and darker backstory.

It shows you how to approach a dark character backstory fearlessly and make your story all the

better for it.

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

authors.com. And now I hope you enjoy this week's podcast entitled the five

secrets of choosing the right setting for your story's climax.

When you plan your story's climax,

the first thing to come to mind

might not be the setting. Too often the climactic setting is an

afterthought. The action after all is what's important not where it takes place.

But setting can make or break any scene in your story and this is nowhere more true than in your story's climax.

So what makes a great climactic setting?

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