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Q&A I want to start writing again: original project or new one?

As someone who loves starting projects, and struggles with finishing them, I recommend you stick with your novel-in-progress unless there is a really good reason to abandon it. The reason is that ...

posted 6y ago by Chris Sunami‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T06:58:40Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/30098
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Chris Sunami‭ · 2019-12-08T06:58:40Z (over 4 years ago)
As someone who loves starting projects, and struggles with finishing them, I recommend you stick with your novel-in-progress unless there is a _really_ good reason to abandon it. The reason is that you can't publish something you don't finish, but you can start any number of books without ever finishing one. So if you ever want to see a book project through to the end, you'll need at some point to commit to finishing one, no matter _what_ happens in between. It might as well be this one as any other.

Sometimes there are books --like the massive, unfinished tome in _Wonderboys_ --that are better off abandoned. But it doesn't sound like there's anything that solidly places this book in that category.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-09-05T16:23:27Z (over 6 years ago)
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