Uneven Writing Quality

Even though I am not going to look at it again until I have heard back from my beta readers, I already know one problem with my wip is uneven prose. The first chapters and the last chapter are colored, curled and styled to a chic finish, whereas middle chapters look like a hair-cut by an ax. Even beta readers tend to gloss more over the middle than the beginning, as they suffer from crit fatigue. Does anyone else have this problem? Any solutions or tips?

Ideas June 28, 2009

* Iranian Protest Twitter Diary

“Irony: The protesters in Iran using Twitter as com are unable to get online because of all the posts of ‘Michael Jackson RIP.’ Well done.”

Conspiracy: Iran killed MJ to stop revolution!

* Hijacked by Somali Pirates

[5 Billionaires Kidnapped]

* “Seeing Other People” [romantic comedy]

* Creation of Maybelline based on sister Maybel – coal dust and vasaline

* Hit by Lightning

But Florida does not receive the most lightning in the world. According to NASA research, that dubious honor goes to the Democratic Republic of Congo, with 158 strikes per square kilometer each year. Thunderstorms occur in Central Africa year-round.

* Gayby Boom
http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/06/28/gayby/index.html

Between Old and New

I haven’t started writing yet on my Secret Novel (research continues) and I’ve forbidden myself from even looking at Dindi until I finish writing my critiques for my Beta partners and receive their crits on Dindi in turn. This leaves me with nothing to write or revise and I’m starting to get antsy. I’ve even — deities help me — taken to doing house work! (Desperate times indeed.)