This is K.M. Wyland and you are listening to the 360 second episode of the Helping Writers Become Authors Podcast.

In case you missed the party last week, I'm excited to announce that I have a new

writing craft book out.

This one is called Creating Character Arts and is, I feel, an important follow-up to my previous

books on outlining and story structure.

The science and psychology of character arcs

was a tremendous epiphany for me years ago

and they've continued to change my life on many levels,

both my writing and my understanding of myself and my relationships.

I believe that after story structure itself, character arcs are the single biggest key to writing

powerful stories that resonate with

readers and stick with them long after they've closed your books cover. You can of

course find creating character arcs on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, COBOL, and my own website.

So here's two, a lot of amazing character journeys.

The latest post on my blog is a sure-fire way to raise the stakes in your story.

Here's how to raise the stakes in your story by laying upon your character's the burden of responsibility for the tragedies that befall them.

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 for Nanohroimo Part 7

How to Structure Your Story Outline and story structure.

Are they different terms describing the same thing?

This is a question I frequently receive and the answer is no, they're completely different concepts and tools.

But learning how to structure your stories outline is a crucial part of the preparation process.

So what's the difference between outlining and structuring? Outlining

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