u/CreepyPastaUpgrade

Should I Stick to the complicated story I'm already writing or change to an easier one?

So I have a story in mind for years now that I finally started to write some months ago. I'd say I have around 25% of the first draft done by now, but in the last days I'm really disappointed in what I write. The language and the content seem really bad to me, even when keeping in mind that the first draft is supposed to be bad. I think the problem is that the story is too complicated. It's written from different POVs, has different storylines and reveales Hidden secrets along the way instead of just going from A to B. It's not that I don't know where to go with the story or that it doesn't work. This is a problem I had when it was in my mind for years but now I clearly see where it is going. So simplifying the story is not an option as it would take away the heart of the story. It's just that I feel don't have the capacities yet to give this story what it diserves.

So I'm thinking about putting the story aside, starting with a simpler one and coming back to it later when I have more experience. Right now I'm feeling more connected to this other story that the one I'm writing. But that would mean stopping this first story I took writing serious for maybe years and it would feel good to finally finish what I start. And I fear that maybe this feeling is normal and if I just change to another story maybe this feeling of not being good enough would stop me again. Also I realized I work best as a pantser. That wasn't a problem with this story because I had many things already in mind because I had it in my head for so long. But now I don't have that much planned beforehand and I fear that I will get Stuck because I don't know where to go (even though I have an Ending in mind so that is not the problem).

So what would you suggest?

Thank you already!

(I'm sorry for my english. It's not my first language and I'm not writing in it either)

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u/CreepyPastaUpgrade — 7 days ago