u/Historical_Cobbler_4

So I (21M) was broken up with around a year ago. She was my first gf, and personally, I have always been slightly conservative, so to say, hoping to find my one and grow old with them. But due to some problems on both of our sides, she did the hard work of breaking up with me. It was genuinely the worst 5-6 months, but then I slowly started recovering and trying to focus on my life goals again. Recently, I have had a crush, and things are going ok with her; we talk, share gossip about each other's lives, and things like that. But sometimes I get this pang, and there is this sort of hole in me that makes me afraid of what if she leaves again. I know that is a risk we all take in love, and I shall never know for sure, so how do I remove this fear from my life? I do not want to end up hurting my new crush because of my own unresolved issues. She is genuinely worth spending time with, but I am just afraid of losing her eventually. Any tips on how to overcome that?

So I've mostly written short stories before and began this novel as a passion project last year. So far I've completed around 7 chapters, and I have a basic idea of which way I want the story to go. But when I read my own work overall, it feels like I am jumping from one major plotpoint or minor planned scene to another, there is a sense of discontinuity across the whole thing. Any suggestions/ideas to improve from here?