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Okay, so I'm about 30k through a manuscript which is the furthest I've ever got. I've learnt a lot through writing it and it's not that I don't know where to go in the story anymore or anything, it's just that I've realised that there are A LOT of problems with it and if I ever want to get it half decent I'd have to rewrite most of it. And what's more, I don't really enjoy writing it anymore and I keep putting off writing because I know there is so much wrong with it.
Meanwhile, I have another novel idea which has been brewing for a while that I really want to get started on. However, I feel so guilty for abandoning another project. I might be willing to go back to it but at the moment there is just so much wrong with it that I feel I have to leave it for a while.
Do you think I should leave it and write this other thing or should I persevere even though I know I'll have to change a lot and will probably struggle to write (and not enjoy it)? I just don't know. I want to finally finish something but at the same time I know the reason I want to leave this project behind (for a while) is different from the rest - it's not because of short attention span or running out of steam - there is just too much wrong with it.
Meanwhile, I have another novel idea which has been brewing for a while that I really want to get started on. However, I feel so guilty for abandoning another project. I might be willing to go back to it but at the moment there is just so much wrong with it that I feel I have to leave it for a while.
Do you think I should leave it and write this other thing or should I persevere even though I know I'll have to change a lot and will probably struggle to write (and not enjoy it)? I just don't know. I want to finally finish something but at the same time I know the reason I want to leave this project behind (for a while) is different from the rest - it's not because of short attention span or running out of steam - there is just too much wrong with it.