Detangling the Messy Middle
Mondays - 3-Weeks - Begins December 7th - 5pm-7pm PT
Instructor: Andrew Buckley
You started with an idea. You wrote thousands of words. Things were going wonderfully. And then you hit the middle. Suddenly the story feels slow, your characters are wandering around looking for something to do, and that brilliant plot you outlined three months ago now appears to have been assembled by a group of rabid raccoons. This 3-week workshop is designed for writers who are hitting the messy middle and struggling to keep the story moving. We’ll explore why middles collapse, how escalation, complications, subplots, and reversals can breathe new life into your story, and how to rebuild momentum toward the climax. Bring your work-in-progress, your plot problems, and the manuscript you’re currently threatening to delete.