I'm on my fourth draft of my book, and I've started using Dropbox for everything.

Hey guys,<br>I'm on my fourth draft of my fantasy novel, and it's been a journey. In the beginning, I wrote the first full draft out in Google Docs. I cheated Dropbox for a full year (100GB free with 3 devices) by making an account for myself, my husband, and my friend. It was a nightmare. I would have to make copies upon copies, and then I would get confused as to which ones were the correct ones. I had files with the same name everywhere, and some didn't have dates. I had to go through Google Docs and figure out the correct order, then export them all to Word.<br><br>During this time, I used Grammarly, Dropbox, Google Docs, Scrivener, Hemingway, and Grammar Girl. I started with Grammarly, Google Docs, and Scrivener, and then moved to Grammarly, Grammar Girl, and Hemingway.<br><br>I hated how the words were highlighted in yellow, orange, and red. I loved how Grammarly would tell me the length and the readability of my passages. I loved how Grammar Girl would tell me where I was being redundant. I loved how Hemingway would tell me how to be more concise. I loved how Scrivener would tell me how many words per scene, how many scenes per chapter, and then I could combine chapters into acts.<br><br>I moved to Dropbox for the last 6 months, and I can't believe I didn't start with it. It's so much easier with just one version, one link, and one place to go back and look at all the versions. I still use Grammarly for readability, length, and the occasional grammar error, but I've largely abandoned Grammar Girl and Hemingway, and Scrivener.<br><br>My book has improved exponentially since the first draft, but it's been about a year now, and I'm starting to think I need to hit the brakes a little. I'm getting ready for the next draft, and I don't know where to go from here. I could go to an editing service, but it's expensive. I could get beta readers, but I've had people say they're interested and they never followed through. I need to get it out there, but I don't want to get hate reviews. I can feel the frustration growing inside of me, and I'm starting to wonder if I'm just wasting my time. I don't want to pay a bunch of money for editing or beta readers when I don't even know if it's worth it. I've rewritten so many scenes and characters, and I'm starting to wonder if maybe I'm in the weeds here. Maybe I should go back to the beginning, or maybe I should rewrite it. I'm on my fourth draft, and I'm running out of steam. If you're a writer, do you have this problem? Do you have an idea for how I can improve my book? Please let me know.