The Easiest Way to Fix a Novel's Sagging Middle

By Janice Hardy, @Janice_Hardy

A sagging middle is a problem a lot of writers face during a first draft, but there is one trick that will help get you through it. 

Raise your hand if you've ever had trouble with the middle of your novel.

-hand raises-

I can't tell you how many 150-page drafts languished on my hard drive when I was still trying to figure out how to write an entire novel. I'd start out fine, but then after my inciting event and my first major plot point it ground to a halt. Not every draft was bad, but most of them were, well, boring.

They dragged, they snoozed, they spent a lot of time repeating the same types of scenes or activities and I just stopped working on them, sure that the idea was terrible and I was an equally terrible writer.

Neither was true.
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