Sound advice from Ronovan 😀
Why are the first few chapters of your book great and then the yawn sets in as you continue reading through your first draft? Did two people write it?
The problem is common, happens to us all, and is something rarely if ever discussed. I believe it is because we know. We. Just. Know.
I call it Manuscript Mental Fatigue (MMF). We put so much into those first few chapters, editing as we go, and you know we do, then we make it past perhaps chapter ten and it’s over. We just write. It’s not that our ideas are but we just aren’t executing them the way we did earlier. A rule given at every turn about something not to do it, but we spent all of that time on those first few chapters. Instead of letting the words flow, we edited and tried to make those first chapters excellent…
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Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog 
This is an amazing blog post and I re-blogged it too. I didn’t know this existed and thought I needed to spread words about it. 🙂
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It applies to bloggers as well Aurora 🐵
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I totally Agree, Chris. But aren’t bloggers writers as well? In their special kind of way? 🙂
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Not this old ape – my original writing is minimal on this blog 🐵
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But YOU are unique, special and a REAL GEM!!! ❤ ❤ ❤
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😊☺️🤗😘
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Totally. My latest manuscript was supposed to be finished over a month ago; and it’s only a little over halfway there. I have MMF! Yikes.
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😱🙀
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