Overwhelmed

I feel like I am on the cusp of irreversibly destroying the opening scene on my ‘best’ ms. I had another writer critique it and she made some very good points. I had chopped about half of the scene previously which has left a lot of unanswered questions. I could go in yet again and tinker, but I am starting to worry that it will be the one too many edits that breaks the scenes back. But it needs it. So, do I rewrite it?

I think I’ll sit on it for a few days. Maybe my brain needs a vacation from writing. But then what? Just sit around all day and not think about it all and not write? It is probably what my brain needs seeing as how I have learned an incredible amount in the past two weeks.

To add to my agony, I put two of the main characters into a room and let them go. Turns out they pretty much hate each other, even though they have been best friends for decades. Great. Just great.