This is K.M. Wylant and you are listening to the

This is K. M. Wylant and you are listening to the

420 ninth episode of the Helping Writers Become Authors Podcast.

I've stopped writing this week in order to do what should be my final 50 page edit on my portal fantasy

sequel work in progress Dreambreaker. I was kind of hoping to plow ahead into the

third act without breaking momentum for this last edit.

But I was just starting to get that feeling I get when I'm kind of lost within the bigger

picture of the story.

I start feeling out of touch with everything written before and I start feeling uncertain about how organically I'm processing the characters interchange.

So I've stopped for this last edit. The one bad thing about this technique is that it does

interrupt some of the momentum I gain in actually writing the first draft, but I get

so many benefits back in return by reorienting myself in the story.

So it's almost always worth it.

Plus it's always fun to go back and read the thing.

At this point in its existence, the story is still fresh enough that I don't always

remember everything I've written so it's an adventure for me as a reader rather

than a routine editing of something I'm already super familiar with.

Anyway, as soon as I finish this, it's full steam ahead into the third act.

And now I hope you enjoyed this week's podcast, The Dews and Don't of storytelling,

according to Marvel, Part 18,

how the truth your character believes defines theme. The best stories always rest upon the foundation of believable

character change and thematic depth. In turn, these two vital elements pivot upon the fulcrum of the

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