I have the ever-dreaded saggy middle. I have been working on edits for two WIPs and am facing this in both of them - only worse.

But wait, it goes beyond that - it’s not so much that my middle sags, but in both these WIPs they are none existant - as in not there, as in I never wrote it, just left a HUGE gaping hole to fill in later and now I am stumped.

I have had this problem before which is why I have no less than thirteen (yes that is 1 and 3) WIPs in various stages of not finished. I get to the point where I fizzle in the middle and have a hell of a time getting past it. Somehow on the two I am editing I just wrote a basic time has passed mini-recap and moved on.

Now however I am left with the “Clean up” of said saggy middles and might I say, it’s still a bitch.

How do you overcome this dreaded writer’s affliction? Any thoughts would much be appreciated!