Public Ideas — I’m a ghostwriter with a published YA novel and a dystopian sci-fi idea I can’t crack alone

It seems like you can finish other people's books but struggle with your own? Maybe you could find another writer in the same situation and swap projects? You help them finish theirs, they help you finish yours. Just an idea..

Hi, I'm new to the site. I'm not necessarily a collaborator but maybe a sounding board. I have a memoir that is to be published in April and have self pubbed two sci-fi novels.

What if you treated your own novel as a client project? Write yourself a proper brief, deadline and outline, then hire a developmental editor for just a few sessions to hold you accountable. You clearly know how to finish books when someone else is expecting them. Maybe the missing ingredient isn't another writer, but someone playing the role of your client.