This is K.M. Wyland and you are listening to the 300 hundred tenth episode of the Helping Writers

Become Authors Podcast. I believe heartily in and know the value of writing first drafts

quickly. When I write quickly I'm less likely to over censor myself I definitely chew through the

story faster and I always have more fun. I know that and yet I still sometimes get sucked into the bad habits of

Doddly, overconscious first draft right. That's definitely been a pitfall for me this year in

writing Wayfarer. So I've instituted a new writing plan. Write 300 words every 15 minutes, which makes for 1,200 words every hour.

Sounds a little overwhelming, but it's actually not.

I know from past experience that I am perfectly capable of knocking out

1,500 good words in an hour. So breaking that down into fourths and holding

myself accountable every 15 minutes is not an unreasonable goal. And so far it's been doing

an awesome job of keeping me on

target, focused, and let's hear it, yeah baby, productive. So give it a try and if you

want some added incentive, check out Dr. Wicked's Write or Die app.

The latest post in the video series on my blog

is Foreshadowing and Misdirection.

Use them together to empower your fiction. It shows you how to

balance foreshadowing and misdirection in your fiction to create resonance without

giving away your story's ending.

To find the post, visit my site at helping writers become authors.com.

And now I hope you enjoyed this week's podcast entitled, Your Fiction May Be Failing for One Simple Reason.

You're not being honest.

Writers talk a lot about being honest, being vulnerable, pouring ourselves into our writing, and not being

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