Rescue Your Sagging Middle

The hard truth is: the middle is where most books die.

This compact writing guide is born from my own years of wrestling with the most notoriously difficult part of a book: the dreaded middle. Don't let the 17-page size fool you; it's full of techniques that reflect the way I now draft (or revive) a book's middle.

  • Identify and fix different type of sagging middles

  • Use character development to help fix a sagging middle

  • Turn your midpoint into a Second Inciting Event

  • Understand how micro-goals, mini-arcs, and subplots help shape the middle

  • Understand how to prevent middles from sagging again.

With this resource, you’ll be able to: