MCV 30 Under 30 2021 
i always struggle with middles, or how to bridge together important events between the beginning and end. i often find myself going, "okay, i want the characters to do A, B, and C in the middle, but how do they arrive at those points? and what chapters should they happen in?"
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Usually when I struggle with this I find that one of the things I want to include in particular is throwing me off; it either needs changing, moving or removing. I play around by attributing the event to different characters, contexts, etc to see what I get.
What I’ve done for mine is to rewrite my outline, pausing after each beat to make a note on what every relevant character thinks about what happened, how they feel, what they might be inclined to do. This can lend itself to new, unanticipated ideas.
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Sometimes those new ideas help me bridge the gap to the scene I want; sometimes they show me that it needs to go in a new direction. Takes time, but worth it — I now have an outline which makes sense for all my characters with their specific personalities, values and motivations.
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I did something similar for my current project. For each major beat of the story, and for each character in the scene, I've done a 'somebody wanted but so', https://www.bradreedwrites.com/2018/02/episode-14-the-somebody-wanted-but-so-technique/ … I've 'goal conflict outcome' in my writing before to make sure each scene has purpose...
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