This is K.M. Wilent.

This is K.M. Wyland and you are listening to the 247th episode of the Helping Writers Become Authors podcast.

Here on the home front, I've just finished the outline for my historical superhero work

in progress wayfare.

As soon as I finish transcribing the notes, I get to move on to the next fun step, which is

building up my research bibliography.

The book is set in Regency London, mostly in the Criminal Underbelly, so I have a lot of fun ground to cover.

This is an era I'm already pretty familiar with, thanks to Austin and Dickens and Skads of BBC period dramas, but it will be fun to dig even

deeper.

Even better, I get to curl up with a pile of books and call it work. In other news I'm pleased to announce that the official release date

for Jane Eyre, the Writers Digest, Annotated Classic, will be August 1st, 2014. So mark your calendars. Aside from the book itself being available for purchase

or download, I'll also be hosting my biggest ever launch party with some incredible prizes

donated by Writers Digest.

And now I hope you enjoyed this week's podcast entitled How to Write a Flat Character

Arc Part 2, The Second Act. flat character arc part two the second act.

The second act is the beating heart of your story and that's just as true in the flat character

arc as it is in a change arc. The second act is all about

loosing the character into an unsettled world. He is forced to react to the major event

at the first plot point and grapple with the lie.

But then everything changes at the midpoint when new knowledge about himself and or the world

allows him to start taking action by going on the offensive.

In comparison to a positive change arc, the difference in a flat character arc's second act is that

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