I do, but the settings aren't coming together and neither are the plot conflicts. I have no idea what to do to fix those, so I want to give up. People try to be encouraging, but I think each struggle is unique to each person, and while the encouragement can be good, it doesn't help me overcome the obstacles, be a better writer, not feel like a hack, and so on. I have the characters and have had them set up for years, so that's not my problem. Neither are their conflicts. It's just the settings and wider plot arcs and the motivation and finding time and life that's sucking the will to want to work on it and not think it's garbage that are issues.
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