This is K.M. Wylind and you are listening to the four hundred 28th episode of the Helping Writers Become Authors Podcast. I kind of shocked even myself by suddenly reaching the third plot point in the beginning of the third act in my portal

fantasy sequel work-in- progress streambreaker. The last few months have been kind of a

whirlwind for me what with some traveling I did in early March coming home sick

with a really nasty bout of laryngitis, spending almost a month recovering and then just generally getting back into the swing.

Right before I left on my trip, I was just finishing up the story's midpoint and now pow I suddenly find myself

rounding the corner into the final quarter of the book. In my experience the second half of a book usually seems to almost write itself getting progressively faster and easier

the closer it gets to the end. The first half is all about the tricky finicky work of planting all the foreshadowing and then the second half is a whirlwind of all those plants

paying themselves off. I'm really excited about the third plot point scene. I've been looking

forward to it all book long.

For those of you who are fans of the first book, Dreamlander, let's just say it involves a royal

wedding, though maybe not what you think.

Anyway, that's what I get to do this week.

And now I hope you enjoyed this week's podcast,

How to Grow as a writer, five logical steps.

Writers are students.

Sometimes this is the result of nothing more than sheer necessity.

We seek answers for our questions because writing has turned out to be a lot more difficult than we ever anticipated, but very often writers are students first and writers second. If this is you, then concentrating on how to grow as a writer isn't just about improving your writing.

It's part and parcel of a personal manifestation of learning and growth. and is a moment I've wasted by not paying attention to and learning something about this

deliciously mad world of ours. This isn't to say we can't learn a lot by the physical

act of standing still. If you're learning are you really standing still?

I feel this challenge as a person and I feel this challenge as a writer. I've always

said tongue in cheek that the moment in which I know everything

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