This is a bit of a throwback today. I originally posted this almost exactly 3 years ago to the day. How strange that I should be in the exact same predicament 3 years on!

In a nutshell, I am torn between two novel ideas right now, both of which are compelling to me for different reasons. They are also entirely different genres. And as such, I’ve been weighing up the pros and cons of working on two stories at the same time.

I’m listing the same pros and cons here, but updating my thoughts on this to reflect the writer I am now, rather than the one I was 3 years ago. But if you’d like to read the original post, you can do so here.

It gives you a break
Sometimes, you just need to take a break from writing. If you’re struggling to unpick a tricky plot…