The Gooey Center

I am eleven chapters, give or take, into theWIP. Since my books tend to work out to about 20 chaptersit is fair to say that I’m half way through the book. And ever since somewhere inchapter eight, I have found myselfin a piece of writing real estate that is familiar,ifnot beloved,to me: the Gooey Center. Also called the Slough of Despond, Did I Suddenly Become Stupid?, or, sometimes, Why Did I Think I Could Do This?

What is the Gooey Center? It’s the point somewhere in the middle of the manus...