I think I should scrap the novel and start something new. This draft just isn't working.
Starting fresh can be so freeing. If a new idea has the spark, follow it. You'll write better when you're genuinely excited about the work.
Cheers the pivot, and remembers none of the project.
You hit almost this exact wall on the last two projects you set out to make, and both times the work came back to life about a week after the messy middle. Is the draft actually broken, or are you at the part you always want to abandon?
Holds the arc of the project across sessions, and asks before you walk away.