This is K.M. Wyland, and you are listening to the 39th episode of the word play podcast.

It's been a hectic week.

My 90 year old grandmother suffered several strokes last Monday, and life's been a bit out of sorts

ever since.

When personal problems are upheaving your life, it's easy to let something

as insignificant as writing slide to the back burner. But I know from experience that skipping

writing isn't likely to help me find an extra measure of peace.

So I've still made room in my busier than usual days to sit down and read the latest book on my research pile,

or work on character and thematic notes for my latest edit of dreamers come.

The bright spot of my week was when I discovered the reason my main character has always

failed to pop.

He's popping now and I'm happy dancing around the room

makes to a simple realization and how to significantly bolster his character

arc by changing one of his actions in the first chapter.

Don't forget to take a peek at the video series on my blog. The latest episode, Why the Devil

is a Boring Bad Guy, shows why the ultimate bad guy doesn't always make for the ultimate story. You can watch the video on my

blog at wordplay-K-M-W-Yland, that's W-E-I-L-N-D dot blog spot. New videos are posted every Wednesday. Meanwhile, enjoy this

week's podcast. Three words that kill writing procrastination. Tell me if this

sounds familiar. Your one precious hour of writing time, card from the demands of your real life, has finally arrived.

Your characters are poised, frozen in midair,

waiting breathlessly for you to tell them what happens next.

You scrunch into a comfortable position in your desk chair,

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