: Re: How Do I Fill In The Gaps Between The Chapters I know this may come off as weird or strange but i want to know how do i finish my novel. The thing is that i already know how to end

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With the middle of a book, the best considered method is small rises of tension followed by a slight drop (to allow your reader to recover).

To use a driving analogy, the beginning of your book is getting in the car and starting the engine, the end is arriving at your destination but it's the middle part that's actually the journey. It could be a simple journey with no dramas but it could be filled with problems that need to be overcome (a flat tyre that needs changing, running out of fuel, narrowly missing an animal that runs in front of the car). Each could be considered a potential end to the journey but the hero must and will overcome each problem and continue to the end.

Each problem must be realistic and usually, the hero should solve them his/herself though with help when it is available. A kind stranger could stop to help change the tyre or give a lift to the nearest garage for fuel for example. Or perhaps your hero is very untrustworthy and doesn't want to the help.

I can't post pictures but if you Google 3 act story arc, you'll see examples of the rise up, small fall method.

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