This is K.M. Wyland and you are listening to the 220th episode of the Helping Writers Become Authors podcast.

I'm currently in the midst of taking a little break from fiction and letting my brain

reboot for the next story.

So instead of writing, I've been filling my days

with the manuscript evaluation I'm doing

for the winner of the Structuring Your Novel's

launch contest. I've also been writing an article on

outlining for the February issue of Writers Digest and preparing for the

Outlining your Novel webinar this week. If you haven't yet signed up for the webinar now is the time

the webinar will be live November 7th. You can sign up at writers digest

dot com slash live dash webinars

Why readers might put down your book even if they love it

The latest post in the video series on my blog,

cautions against failing to identify and utilize

the part of your book, readers or like bast.

To watch it, visit my website at helping writers become authors.com.

New videos are posted every Wednesday.

And now I hope you enjoyed this week's podcast, entitled Most Common Mistakes Part 26 Under-Explaining.

The other day I walked into the local theater to watch a showing of Captain Phillips.

As I approached the door to Auditorium 4, Popcorn and Pepsi in hand, I could hear the trailer

still running, complete with epic music and bass-heavy vocals.

Whatever was playing sounded pretty good, so I elbowed through the door and stared up at the screen.

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