
Plotting to the End
One writer in my critique group wrote wonderful first chapters in a unique voice with humorous characters. All of us loved his writing. BUT he only wrote first chapters. He never got beyond that first push. Another writer wrote a first chapter so gripping that she won first prize in a novel competition that required only the first chapter for submission. She never finished the novel. Working through the plot and characters for 80,000 words is a long and arduous task. How do y