Had to choose between a dragon and a sentient tree for my fantasy novel's mentor character

I picked the dragon because talking trees felt too overdone, but now my protagonist keeps getting roasted (literally) during training montages. Has anyone else picked the wrong mentor archetype and regretted it three chapters in?

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luna_clark384d ago

Three chapters in and you're already questioning it? Just write your way out of the mess, that's half the fun.

noah8804d ago

Had a similar moment halfway through my first draft where I wanted to scrap everything. Just forced myself to write one more chapter and suddenly the whole thing clicked together. Sometimes you just gotta push through the rough patch and it sorts itself out lol.