Okay, but what if I were to write a crime novel?

I went through quite a rigmarole to choose my next writing project, but what if I were to ignore all that and write a crime novel instead?

This is what I lack: writing discipline. My 100-day project has not even started yet and I am wibbling on what I should write. Ridiculous! 

I was so proud of myself for describing my novel yesterday. So proud of the comparisons I made to Sophie's World and The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics. Maybe I should just sink into that feeling. Maybe I should re-read those books and remember why I love them. Or I could just write a crime novel 🤷🏽‍♂️

I honestly don't know. I am in the mood to go trawling through my book collection to gather all the relevant research for the crime novel project. Would that be leading myself astray?

The cold nub of the problem is: there's a plot hole in my science story. A plot hole I don't know how to fix. Maybe I'm offering myself up an alternative project because I do not want to face a plot hole? That would be especially wormy of me.

I've decided I am going to write the science story. I'm going to stick with it. Writing discipline. I am going to teach myself chemistry and Regency history. I'm going to write a first draft of (at least) 75 000 words. It is happening!