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How to Avoid Middle Slumps--Maintaining Tension in Your Story

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Mary Carroll Moore
Mar 18, 2016
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Tonight I'm chatting with one of my online classes.  Our topic is slumped middles--not in our bodies, but our books.  Many books slide down the tension scale in the middle, as the initial action subsides and the finish line is still far in the distance.

Keeping the middle active and interesting is not easy.  On our chat, we're talking about a few proven …

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