Better or not?

One of the plagues of beginning writers is the feeling that they are doing something "wrong."  Not wrong in the sense of technique - messing up viewpoint, for instance - but that they have made, are making, or will make, a wrong decision about "what happens next."  They are haunted by the fear that it would have been a better book if their main character had chosen Door #1 or Door #3 instead of Door #2.

In point of fact, what it would be is a different book.  If the main character stops to help t