This is K.M. Island, and you're listening to the 37th episode of the Wordplay

podcast. The latest draft of Dreamers' COVID. 37th episode of the Word Play Podcast.

The latest draft of Dreamers Come, the fantasy story I completed early last year, has been sitting

in my closet for almost six months, waiting patiently until I gain the time and the objective distance to return to it.

As of this week, I'm returning with a fury.

My goals for this rewrite is to trim a third of the novel's length, smooth out the thematic

arc, and stomp on cliche is wherever they dare

crawl out of the woodwork.

It's going to be a major project, but I'm looking forward to having something creative to

sink my teeth into, while my other work in progress, the deepest breath, is still in the research phase.

Don't forget to take a peek at my new video series on my blog.

The latest episode, How to Ride an Epilogue that Works,

examines the finale of Tanya Egan Gibson's How to Buy a Love of Reading

to discover how she pulled off an element of fiction that is often misused.

You can watch the video on my blog at wordplay-K-M-Y-L-A-N-D dot blog spot.

New videos are posted every Wednesday.

Meanwhile, enjoy this week's podcast. Strengthen your story

by writing the perfect review. As authors, we're never going to be completely objective

about our stories.

We're too emotionally involved, to attach to our characters, to excited about our plot twists,

too tickled by our snarky dialogue, so much so that we can lose sight of the big picture.

Often when we begin writing a story our ideas are hazy and the final shape of the story is only a dim outline in the mist.

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