I mentioned on my Facebook recently that THE HUMAN CONDITION, my current work in progress, is close to going into the crapper. I've been stuck on chapter four for weeks now, and haven't been able to figure out what it was about the story that wasn't grabbing my attention. (Just for the record, if what you're writing bores you, chances are good it's going to completely lose your reader.)

Today I figured out what I think may be PART of the problem -- I've got too many major plotlines. It's not unus