K.M. Weiland

My brand new book Writing Archetypal Character Arcs: The Hero's Journey and Beyond dives deep into the possibilities for using the “mythic beat sheets” of six important life arcs in your own stories. Find out more here: helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/book/writing-a… #AmWriting #herosjourney

Check out @KMWeiland's new class "Seeing the #Villain as an Aspect of the #Hero’s Psyche," which premieres April 15 at 1 PM EDT. More: kmweilandstore.com/b/villain-as-p…

Internal Conflict vs. External Conflict: The Shift From Projection to Agency in Character Arc helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/internal-confl… #writingtips #writing #WritingCommunity @KMWeiland

"External conflict and internal conflict function as interdependent layers of story. The outer struggle creates the visible plot events; the inner struggle creates contextual meaning for why the plot" ~@KMWeiland tinyurl.com/mrxejv78 | #writer #writingtips #writingcommunity

Internal Conflict vs. External Conflict: The Shift From Projection to Agency in Character Arc helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/internal-confl… #writetip #amwriting

Enthusiasm may get you started, but it’s discipline that will keep you going. @kmweiland explains why that is. helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/how-to-get-som…

Helping Writers Become Authors | Should You Tie Up Loose Ends in Your Story—or Leave Them Open? #WritingCommunity #podcasts buff.ly/wsXnofC via @KMWeiland

Helping Writers Become Authors | The Four-Act Structure and the Circular Shape of Story #WritingCommunity #podcasts buff.ly/cJLhgFM via @KMWeiland

New Writing Class: What Happens After the Positive Change Arc? helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/ego-driven-vs-… #amwriting #writetip

"Tone tells audiences how to experience the events unfolding on the page. As such, you have to set your story’s tone right from the beginning." ~@KMWeiland tinyurl.com/4dhyxn35 | #writer #writingtips #writingcommunity

Helping Writers Become Authors | Story as Cosmology: Understanding Story as a Framework for Meaning #WritingCommunity #podcast buff.ly/TL9cttS via @KMWeiland

@TheSpyFamily Well, I'm glad I hooked you! I'm sorry the book isn't available. He couldn't communicate because he was in a POW hospital. He got the girl, but it was complicated. ;)

@KMWeiland OYN? Aww, too bad. I wanted to know what happened to him! Did he at least recover and get the girl? And when you said he couldn't talk, did you mean a coma or his injuries or trauma?

@KMWeiland I was rereading either "Outlining" or "Structuring Your Novel" and you mentioned a character named Bruce in a historical novel who gets hurt. Which book is that? I want to know what happens, but none of titles on Goodreads sounded right.

"Why the True Midpoint Is a Moment, Not a Scene" — @KMWeiland #indieauthor #authorlife #authorscommunity #aspiringauthor #writerscommunity #novelwriting helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/mirror-moment-…

@TheAnjow So great to hear you enjoyed the book! Thanks for the shout out. :)

I just finished @KMWeiland's book, "Writing your story's theme" and let me just say - 10/10. So many books go into plot/structure and character/arc but few, if any really, touch upon theme beyond the most vague of guidance.

How to Create a Consistent Story Tone (And Why It Matters) helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/story-tone-in-… #amwriting #writetip

@TheSpyFamily Okay, yep, that's the one I was thinking of (I changed the character's name for inclusion on OYN, so that's why I didn't recognize it). It's from a book I never published.

@KMWeiland Okay I found it. It's pages 153-155 in "Outlining Your Novel." It sounds so good I really wanted to read it and see what happened! I attached photos of the pages if that helps.

9 Tips for How to Write Dark Stories Responsibly (And Make Hope Feel Earned) helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/how-to-write-d… #writingtips #writing #WritingCommunity @KMWeiland

9 Tips for How to Write Dark Stories Responsibly (And Make Hope Feel Earned) tinyurl.com/3t2jd3xa via @KMWeiland | #writer #writingtips #writingcommunity

@TheSpyFamily Was it referencing something I wrote or something someone else wrote? If it was mine, it might have been in reference to a historical novel set in Kenya that I never published.

@KMWeiland No. I know there was an excerpt of a dinner scene and he was supposed to be attacked right after that. He seemed like the hero, unless you renamed him. And you said it was a historical novel if that helps.

9 Tips for How to Write Dark Stories Responsibly (And Make Hope Feel Earned) helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/how-to-write-d… #amwriting #writetip