All for Nothing
Friday, Aug 8, 2025
Have you ever given yourself to a project so completely, only to discover that all the work you put into it is unusable or downright terrible? Recently, I’d become reacquainted with this permeating failure. Since August 2024, I’ve been writing the manuscript of my debut novel. The story has changed drastically since I started it a year ago to the point where it’s nearly unrecognizable. I wrote a 50,000-word draft, and then the story changed so much that I basically rewrote the first draft, this one coming to 80,000 words as of now. It’s a coming-of-age story set in a magical, Viking-inspired world where the main character’s whole life is suddenly turned upside down by shocking news, igniting a dangerous quest across the globe.
