Thara W. asked Morgan Rhodes:

When I start to write a short story or a novel, I usually lose interest halfway through. Do you have any ideas on how to keep my interest on that story? And when you write do you have a outline as you go or do you just write as you go along?

Morgan Rhodes Here's a secret, but you have to promise not to tell anyone.... I think every writer loses interest in their story about half-way through. Yes, at that moment when the writing actually becomes work and the initial "shininess" and excitement is gone. Good news: this is normal. Bad news: the only way to get through this is to ignore the new shiny ideas that are going to come at you and keep plugging away on the story you've committed to finishing. The love will return, promise! I find that when I haven't plotted thoroughly enough, that's when I get distracted or bored. Now I plot right down to each chapter, then before I start to write for the day, I figure out what I'm going to write. It keeps me on track with far fewer excuses to walk away. Because if you only write half a story every time you get an idea, you're never going to finish a book. So keep typing and before you know it, the book or story will be finished and you will feel really great about it again! Also, if you have an outline and you're not feeling inspired to write the next scene, you can always skip forward to a scene you're really looking forward to writing and write that! There are lots of ways to trick the muse!

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