I've never abandoned the novel.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'd never written a novel before, and I wrote a novel, and that turned out OK.
When a book goes well, it abandons me. I am the most abandoned writer in the world.
As to the number of novels I've abandoned... I shudder to think. I have thrown away five completed novels, and that's a gruesome enough figure. But not necessarily a waste of effort.
I don't write a novel every two years.
I don't very often read novels.
I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
I've never actually even contemplated writing a book or having a book.
I never even had the time to read novels.
I've never written a book before.
I'm never doing a long novel again, truly.