u/Economy_Resource438

We don't want to live with what makes us unhappy in today's world

Sometimes this sort of thinking gets labelled as nostalgia with rose-tinted glasses, and that's understandable. There are good and bad things in every age. But I believe there's more bad in our age, or at least we're painfully more aware of it. When some people talk like this, they might get asked a question like this:

"Would you rather live in the past or in today's world?"

I'd pick neither. I'd rather live in a better world.

I'll admit that my problem is so common that making a post about it felt somewhat unnecessary. But I wanted to talk (and maybe complain) about it to real people.

I have two projects, A and B. With A, new ideas flow and I know what I want to do with them.

I'm kind of sick of B at this point. With B, I've got worldbuilding done. I have characters, a title, a short story, and a small collection of scenes. My problem is that I have no idea what I want to do with this stuff I've made. I've tried out at least 5 different story concepts, and none of them are good enough for me.

Now I'd rather be working on A, but I want to figure out B. Should I press on and keep writing B even though I don't like it, as if it were a job I had to do?