That’s how I feel about the story I’m working on. I read through it last night and started doing some edits and about 1/4 to 1/3 of the way through I realized it needed more kick; I read it over today and realized it’s soft in the middle and needs something more solid in the center in order to end up where it needs to go and still make sense. This entails rewriting about half the story and I’m still not convinced it’s going to be any good.

I realize that I can’t hang onto something until it’s perfect but I also don’t want to be sending stuff out that has glaring flaws. What’s the point in that? I can read the stuff that’s out there right now and I think I can tell stories at least that good; too many of the stories I read don’t seem to have any heft. The problem is making stories that good. Imagining a good story is easy but actually writing one is much, much harder.

I want this one off my plate now, please.