To be honest, I'm assigning random colours to my alert system. *g* It's amber 'cause I think of that as a kind of midway position - not definitely certain I'm going to finish, given the history of this fic, but also not giving up in despair at the moment.

(Okay, I have to quote this, although it may make no sense to you...
"Go to red alert!"
"Sir, are you absolutely sure? It will mean changing the bulb."
- from Red Dwarf.)

And yes, ouch to the vast amount of words I've written that have been discarded. That was kind of an estimate, as I don't have all the discarded bits with me at the moment, and some of them were mutated versions of earlier attempts, so it's hard to get a precise count, but that's about right. It's been ongoing for quite a while, and has veered wildly from being inspired and writing lots, to wanting to start again from scratch - far more so than my usual fic process.

I'm still in hopes that I can wedge in the bits I really like, once this version gets going. Seems like such a waste.

And go you on yours, too - I'm sure you can do it! Think of Eroding Away The Mountains as an incentive! :)