This is K.M. Wyland and you are listening to the 380 episode of the Helping Writers Become Authors

Podcast.

The period in between outline and first draft is traditionally the research period for me.

This is often a very lengthy period requiring months of steady reading

when I was researching Regency London for my historical superhero

Work in progress wayfare

which is currently in editing stages.

I spent six months reading upwards of 50 books so I kind of have to laugh

at my research pile this time around. The joys of writing fantasy. As I prepare to dive into the first draft of my portal fantasy sequel Dreambreaker, there's just one book in my research pile and that's the first book in the series Dreamlander.

I will of course have various historical questions to help me maintain the Renaissance era feel of my fantasy world.

But anything I don't know, I just get a big up.

The biggest challenge is making sure Dreambreaker and its details are consistent with what I

originally portrayed in Dreamlander. It's a ton of fun to get to revisit Dreamlander

especially since this is the first time I've read it when I knew there was yet more of its world to discover beyond its pages.

Soon as I finish laboring through my tremendous research pile.

It's on to the first draft from here.

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