This is K.M. Wyland and you are listening to the 477th episode of the Helping Writers Become Authors Podcast.

My life changed quite a bit when I moved last fall.

It got busier for a lot of reasons, not least because I moved near my niece and nephews.

That's all good, but as I've chronicled frequently, or it seems like I have anyway,

you're probably all sick of hearing about it.

This has been a challenging year for rearranging

my work schedules to the same level of productivity I was at before I moved. I more

or less took this past year off from any major projects, but that's going to be changing in 2020 since I want to publish

a writing guide on theme, and maybe even a second one that would be an updated more in-depth guide

to outlining your novel, outlining 2.0 or something like that.

Anyway, the point is I'm trying to figure out how to ring another hour of uninterrupted work time out of my schedule.

As you may also remember, I've been really enjoying taking my writing on the road, so to speak,

in coffee shops and libraries.

All of this has prompted me to look into the idea of co-working spaces,

where you can basically rent a desk in an office environment.

It gets work at homeers out of the house and provides an environment of uninterrupted

work time along with a little bit of passive, no pressure accountability. Plus the place I'm looking into is right down the road from yoga and the best coffee shop ever.

So I'll keep you posted on how that goes for me, but I'm going to look into it within the next couple of weeks or so.

If nothing else, it sounds to me like a fun experiment.

And now I hope you enjoy this week's podcast, Creating Your Characters Inter Conflict.

Want versus need. Man versus self. It is the most

archetypal of all stories. This is because all stories are ultimately rooted in the primal and personal struggle of a

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