Sit & Write #128
Greetings, friends!
I've been thinking a lot about the sunk cost fallacy. If you don't already know, this phrase describes the phenomenon of continuing to plug away at something, even if it's failing, because of all the resources/effort you've already put into it. Like staying an unhealthy relationship, investing in a dying business, or, if you're me, continuing to cook caramel that you've already dropped your phone into. I am particularly vulnerable to this fallacy.
Which has me wondering about the novel I've been attempting to write since 2016. I wrote most of a first draft, then scrapped it and went back to the drawing board for a fresh start. Now, once again at the 75% mark, I'm questioning myself and, though I'm loathe to admit it, weighing the merits of yet another rewrite. I might just be avoiding the ending, which currently hinges on the demise of some characters I've really come to love. Or perhaps it's because I'm not sure that I'm the right person to tell this story, in this …