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Avoiding the Midbook Slump: Three Techniques to Keep Readers Reading

Avoiding the Midbook Slump: Three Techniques to Keep Readers Reading

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Feb 01, 2019
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Marie, a blog reader, has been working on her storyboard and organizing her chapters, using the three act system that is so helpful for sorting out what belongs and what doesn't in early drafts and revisions.   She's concerned about the middle of her book, though.  

"Act I is comprised of chapters with progressive complications for my protagonist," she w…

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