Not getting finished

Writing Hazards – not getting finished.

Continuing my occasional series on the hazards that wait to trip up the unwary writer, I’d like to spare another glance at that perennial nightmare, not getting finished.

I’ve always found it very easy to start new projects. Ideas come to me all the time, and starting a new piece of writing is brilliant fun, lively and very exciting, unlike any other feeling. Finishing was always my biggest challenge, so nowadays, I also feel the most enormous sense of...