Starting Again
I've started the first read-through of Draft 1 of Olimpia Valley and I can't say it's what I wanted. The problem was I started it without knowing where it was heading, which is something that's never happened to me before. By the time I reached the middle I knew how I wanted it to end, and what each character was going to go through as they reached that end.

So my plan is to read through the entire novel, then go back to the start, note down everything I want to keep and everything I want to delete. I will then start a big re-write of the book. I also want to change the layout/style of the chapters but I haven't quite got everything sorted in my head yet.

It feels very frustrating and disappointing to be in this position. But when I read a chapter I particularly like and get a flood of ideas of how to tidy up those around it, it all suddenly feels worthwhile again.