on Jane Friedman site:

I’ve said elsewhere on this blog that plot issues are the number one reason people come to me—and people like me—for help with their creative work.

And I’ve shared in the same post that most of the time, these issues really aren’t problems with plot at all. They’re problems with character arc.

That said, sometimes the problem really is the plot. Which is to say, sometimes the problem with a novel really is what happens in the story, the order in which it happens, and the way that it happens.

And for real problems of this nature, there are real solutions. Solutions that I have seen writers apply in revision that produce changes that feel nothing short of magical.

Struggling with the plot of your current work-in-progress? Maybe one of these tried and true solutions will do the trick for you.