Thank you ! I might just take you up on that. I've got a novella half-finished that I started last year and then walked away from in frustration because I couldn't work out how to solve the "soggy middle" problem.
But the lift you've given me with this means that once I've finished launching my business website (a project that has dragged on far longer than I thought it would, something to do with having to edit and update 10,000 products) then I'll get back onto the novella and see if my subconscious has cooked up something to fix it. Sometimes walking away from a project and then coming back fresh is just what's needed.