This is K.M. Wyland and you are listening to the three hundred,

69 episode of the Helping Writers Become Authors Podcast.

My big news this week is that I reached the midpoint in my outline for my portal fantasy sequel Dreambreaker and only about two months

behind schedule too.

Without doubt this has turned into the most extensive and in-depth outline I've ever done, mostly because it's the first I've ever written that's part of a series, which is what we're going to talk about in today's podcast.

Fortunately, it's also been, without doubt doubt the most fun and rewarding

outline I've ever worked on too.

I'm hoping to finish it up in another couple of months and start in on the first

draft by spring, which is only four months of my original goal.

For now, I have to stop for a few days to transcribe the last quarter of my outline

before too much time passes, and I can't translate my handwriting anymore.

The latest post on my blog is Boba Fett's Guide to Writing Cool Characters.

Learn two surprisingly easy ways Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, made Boba Fett unforgettable

and how you too can create cool characters.

To read the post, visit my site at helping writers become authors.com.

And now I hope you enjoy this week's podcast entitled How to Outline a Series of Best Selling Books. Every Good Series of best-selling books.

Every good series has to start somewhere.

If you're of the mindset, as I am, that a problem as complicated as the novel is best approached from the big picture view of an outline,

then it only makes sense that the even greater complexities of serial fiction will benefit even more when their authors understand how to outline a series.

These days books run in packs. The vast majority of authors are writing sequels and series.

Aside from the fact that series are fun and offer the opportunity to return to beloved

characters and settings, they're also a smart marketing decision.

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