The Hidden Signals Your Novel’s Momentum is Fading — And How to Ignite It Again
As a consequence of failure, the protagonist will lose access to a place or person that he greatly values. In a variation of these stakes, the protagonist will lose the opportunity to regainaccess to something that he values.
Your job is to plant question upon layered question and release the answers, measured, over the course of the book.
End each chapter early. If there isn’t a tiny what the hell? at the end of your chapter, re-write it so there is. Build your chapter to crescendo, then cut it. This is hard to do. The main character opens the door, but we don’t see what’s on the other side. The gun goes off, but we don’t know if anyone was hit.
