Cutting Scenes

I recently just had to cut a good chunk of my book. And it honestly felt like a weight off my shoulders.

The way my book reads for the first few chapters, it jumps between two different kingdoms and two different sets of characters until they cross paths.

I recently cut everything with one of the kingdoms.

It didn't reflect any of the research I had done.

The events that took place did nothing (or very little, or something wrong) for the story.

And my main character didn't really do anything.

As a matter of fact, through most of the book, my main character is pretty passive. It is implied he takes action and makes decisions, but what is never clarified. So it looks like things are just happening around him.

People who have read it often think that my mentor is the main character. 

I'm really not  looking forward to rewriting these chapters. But it feels good knowing what's wrong. 

And it feels good having a sense of direction instead of being lost.