Sometimes, you want to try something new. You try to write a new book in a new style. And you're excited about the challenge in something new.
But it doesn't always work out the way you wanted it.
I find myself completely stuck after trying to do something new and different. I'm reluctant to call this a failure, since I still think I have a good story and a good idea. But the Muse has fallen silent. And I honestly think it's because I tried to change my entire process for writing a novel. Doing so in the middle of a pandemic certainly did not help matters.
New outlining process and new writing software kept causing my brain to stall. I was so distracted by all the "work" on creating the story, that I was hardly writing the story. When I did manage to write, it was an impossibly slow pace and I ended up deleting half of what I wrote anyway. 60,000 words isn't terrible work, but it wasn't the right work. I wasn't happy with this book, and I don't want to write something if it doesn't make me happy.
So I'm taking a break from that story, which never feels good. But it's necessary. In time, I'll return and start over. And no more experiments with the writing process for now. If you have something that works for you, why mess with it?
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