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Jaguaress, You said: I've learned enough to know, maybe subconsciously, that there are serious flaws with the book I thought of years ago before I came here. The plot wanders, it's full of unnecessary charcters, I don't "get" the main character. It DOES suck. So... I'm ditching it. CPR has failed. Even if the book lives, it will be brain dead. I'm starting again with a better book. It breathes for me. I want to see what happens in it. I like the main character. I like her children. I like the supporting characters. The plot builds properly. I love the ending. I may crash and burn on word count, but this is the right thing to do. Sometimes that's what it takes, walking away from what seems a "bad project" and doing something new. And it sounds like you have come across something that works a lot better for you, both mentally and emotionally. Which should hopefully mean it will be more productive for you as well. Unless there is something is totally objectionable for you, don't completely give up on the old project. You never know -- it may just pull a "Stephen King's 'Dead Zone' " and come back to life when you least expect it. And if it doesn't, then you chalk it up as experience and move on. I did that with one of my earliest attempts at an erotic story, because: A. I didn't like where it was going (it was turning way too dark for my personal taste); and B. after a while, it was the same thing / same activities over and over (even while using different characters). Like you did with your story, I wanted something better, so I walked away from it, and I haven't touched it since. It was an experience in what I did NOT want to create. Another project I had at one time, I was jotting down notes for. But as I was doing that, a new idea came up with one of the characters, and I spun off into a totally different story that made far more progress than the original idea ever would have. So don't be surprised if your old ideas can create something new.  And one thing I would recommend for your new book -- as your characters breathe, let them do some of the creating for you. If they give you ideas, run with them and see where they go. You'd be amazed at what can happen!  SkyHawk - Into The Music    |
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