This is K.M. Wyland and you're listening to the 100-92 episode of the word play podcast.

March is sort a cabin fever month period,

but when I'm not actively writing a story,

the itch of it all is multiplied.

I'm cruising along on my non-fiction projects and my research for my historical fantasy storming,

but boy will I be happy to actually start writing again.

Nothing like it for scratching that inner

itch, working off external and emotional energy, and just processing life in

general. If I continue on track with my other projects I'm thinking I should be able to start Storming's first

draft by June. But right now that's seeming like a long time to wait.

How to figure out the worst thing that can happen to your character.

The latest post in the video series on my blog

examines the advice to think of the worst thing that can happen to your character, then make it worse.

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

New videos are posted every Wednesday.

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

Why the Reader is your co-writer. No story is created by one person. Written by one person, yes, but if the only imagination

involved is the writers, the story will never be anything more than black marks on the page.

A book is just a door-stop until readers lift the cover, recognize, and process the words, and then use those words to bring the story to life in their

own minds.

When readers decide to join hands with us, they are in essence becoming our co-writers.

This whole collaboration is pretty awesome on a number of levels.

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