Hi,
I have kind of a big problem, I am unable to change what I have written in my latest draft :/
For context, I did finish 3 books, and while I don't think they were perfect (neither did the publishers apparently :p), they have the merit to be written in full and I'm very proud of that. I edited them as I wrote, taking my sweet time to read and reread and rewrite them every day during 3 years.
Last year after a long pause due to my work, I began another book which I loved very much. But after 5 months, despite my continuous self editing, I felt that my writing was less and less good, so I became frustrated and I stopped at the end of the first act (1/5 of the book).
Last week, after many other failed projects, I decided to go back to this big draft, and I felt optimistic : after 1 year putting it down, I should have a fresh view on it, so I should have been able to improve the first act then finish it fully.
But here I am, literary unable to change anything to my text. I spent so much time on every word, on every phrase for them to have meaning, that I can't bring myself to delete them.
And it's stupid, because I KNOW that the writing is "wrong", I FEEL that it doesn't "work", like I never felt with the first 3 books.
It's difficult for me to point it down, and I really don't know what to change in this text. It kind of suck, but at the same time there are really good ideas in here, and all is so intertwined that I can't change a piece without destroying everything else...
Did you have a similar situation ? What did you do to overcome it ? I'm listening to every advice...
-sorry for my English, I'm French -