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Q&A Finishing up someone else's novel

One of my friends passed away about a year ago and left me some manuscripts. A rough draft and without a proper ending. I was wondering if I should finish it and how. Should I take the draft and j...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by repomonster‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T11:05:46Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/42832
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar repomonster‭ · 2019-12-08T11:05:46Z (almost 5 years ago)
One of my friends passed away about a year ago and left me some manuscripts. A rough draft and without a proper ending. I was wondering if I should finish it and how. Should I take the draft and just correct some spelling and grammar mistakes and plug the holes with makeshift sentences, or should I rewrite it all?

He didn't give me the legal rights to it, but I thought about publishing it on a fan-fiction website or something after I am done with it. I thought it would be a good exercise.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-03-02T00:00:50Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 3