This is K.M. Wyland and you are listening to the 500th fourth episode of the Helping Writers Become Authors podcast.

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As I've mentioned I've been spending a lot of time these last months researching and prepping

for a project I've been planning for literally years now about

archetypal character acts. I'm just finishing up the last of my notes and

getting ready to move into a short research phase to reacquaint myself with some important stories I'll be using as examples in the series.

I'm hoping to start sharing this soon, but in the meantime that's the main thing happening for me

behind the scenes right now. Which leads me to this week's

podcast. Productive tasks you can still do even when you don't feel like writing.

Don't feel like writing right now?

Or maybe you don't have the time.

Or maybe you're just blocked as I'll get out at the moment.

Whatever the case, there's no reason you can't still use what time and motivation

you do have to feel productive about your writing,

because writing is really about a whole lot more than just the writing.

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