Marie, a blog reader, has been working on her storyboard and organizing her chapters, using the three act system that is so helpful for sorting out what belongs and what doesn't in early drafts and revisions. She's concerned about the middle of her book, though.
"Act I is comprised of chapters with progressive complications for my protagonist," she writes. But in the beginning of Act II, Marie's protagonist begins recovering from her problems. "These chapters are turning out to be much more tied up in a bow but I want to keep the reader interested until my protagonist gets smacked with a big problem at the climax of Act II. How do I let my protagonist recover from problems at the beginning of Act II yet keep the reader wondering/questioning/guessing?"
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