How to Fix Act Two: A Practical Guide for Writers
Act Two sags when the middle stops escalating. Here is how to diagnose a saggy middle, rebuild the midpoint, and make every scene raise the stakes.
Ritu Kapoor
Writing Coach
Ritu Kapoor coaches fiction and non-fiction writers on structure and getting unstuck. She got her MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia, spent five years as an acquisitions editor, then went independent. What people tend to hire her for is a specific thing: finding the structural problem that has stalled a draft mid-project. She has spoken at the Jaipur Literature Festival and WriterCon, and writes about planning tools, genre conventions, and publishing strategy in her newsletter.
Areas of Expertise
Story planning and outliningPublishing strategyGenre conventionsManuscript developmentWriting productivity