How Not Doing a Damn Thing Can Take Up a Great Deal of Time

I’m back to grinding out a fifth draft of A Very Minor Prophet. I outlined the changes I wanted to make to the last draft, and as I’m going through making these changes, I’m finding that I’m spending hours reading through, deliberating, and ultimately deciding not to make the changes I proposed in my outline. Don’t get me wrong, I am making changes here and there, but the changes involve less actual deleting and rewriting than I thought I needed to do. (Although, these small changes are having a severe effect on plot.)

The end result–though good and positive–is a little depressing, seeing as I’ll spend days literally deciding not to do any work…