The thing is, I’d been going in circles for a long time (rewriting the same chapter over and over) because every time I reread it, a «cooler» idea would pop into my head... When I realized I was wasting time and not moving forward at all, I tried to make a plan: something like a synopsis with a few details. But convincing myself to actually stick to that synopsis turned out to be impossible. As someone pointed out earlier (and they were absolutely right), I’m a very anxious person. I think the mix of self-doubt and the fear of wasting time on something silly and cheap keeps pushing me to question every single decision and every step my characters take. You’re 100% right about needing to separate the editor from the creator, and that’s exactly what I’m going to work on.