I’ve wandered into some weird doldrums now that I’ve hit Act III. The pressure to generate action and suspense seems to have knocked the wind out of my prose. I will be able to fix this in a subsequent draft, but it’s discouraging.

Then again– an unanticipated, seemingly-insurmountable challenge is what any Act III is supposed to contain. Perhaps I’m caught in a meta-drama. In that case, victory must be just around the corner!