This is K.M. Willett and you are listening to the 288 episode of the Helping Writers Become Authors podcast. One of my beta readers always laughs at me early in the process of writing a book because I'm always

neurotic about whether or not my characters are coming

across as likable as I want them to be.

Having just finished the first quarter edit of my historical superhero work in progress wayfare. I'm kind of

laughing at myself too. I'm pleased with how it's coming together, especially now that I'm

about to get to the really fun stuff.

As long as we're writing characters we love

and displaying the qualities we love on the page,

readers will almost always end up feeling exactly the same way.

The latest post in the video series on my blog is

First Person Povie versus Third Person Povie. Which is right for your book. It discusses the pros and

cons of first person P.O. E. versus third person P. O. V. In order to help you

make the right decision for your book. To find the post

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

enjoyed this week's podcast entitled Pinch Points. What are they and why are they

so important to story structure? You may have heard of these little darlings called

Pinch Points. Of all the important structural

moments in your story they're the most likely to be neglected. They get lost

amidst the excited chatter about their bigger, flashier brother in the plot points.

But pitch points, two of them, both occurring in the second act, are crucial to your story's structure.

I realized I've never done a podcast on pinch points,

so today I figure it's time to remedy that.

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