This is K.M. Wyland and you are listening to the I almost forgot to share a fun little bit of news.

As you may remember, the Japanese and Korean language rights for outlining your novel were purchased

earlier this year.

Well, about a month ago I got a box of books from Japan. I got to tell you, seriously

cool. It's a real mind-bender to hold a copy of your own book and not be able to read a word of it.

In Medea's Raise, How to Do It and How Not To.

The latest post in the video series on my blog discusses not only how to avoid the potential pitfalls of

immediate rays, but how to take full advantage of its aweseness.

To watch it, visit my website at Helping Writers Become Authors.

New videos are posted every Wednesday.

And now I hope you enjoyed this week's podcast entitled

The Evolution of a Scene From from outline to first draft.

Have you ever wanted to look under the hood of another writer's process?

Although we all have to create the unique processes that work

for us as individuals, it's always valuable to see what works for other authors and specifically

how those authors evolve each seen in their stories

from idea to finish product.

Today I'm going to give you a sneak peek into my personal process by showing you the step-by-step evolution of the first

scene in my recently completed historical steampunk work in progress storming

which in a nutshell is about a 1920s biplane pilot who returns home after a long

absence.

I chose to use this manuscript for the examples both since its freshest in my my mind and since its prep work is by far the least

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