This is K.M. Wyland.

and you are listening to the five hundred seventh episode of the Helping Writers Become Authors podcast.

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So I was thrilled to learn that helping writers become authors was listed for the seventh year in a row as one of writers digests 101 best websites for Writers again this year.

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It's my pleasure and my great honor to continue to get to share my writing journey and my discoveries with all of

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So thank you for joining me every week in my corner of the writing world. And now I hope you enjoyed this week's podcast,

editing your novel question and answer. So editing your novel can bring a host of its own challenges, concerns, and questions.

Many of those questions are ultimately the same questions you ask when writing, such as

how to properly structure a story, how to create a strong character arc,

how to write a sentence that makes sense.

But some of those questions are unique to the editing process,

including questions such as, how do you stay motivated while editing

when you'd really rather be writing? Or how do you know when to edit and or how much you should

be editing? How do you know when to trust what your

beta readers and editors tell you? All of these questions and more are among those

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