Let go of your discarded writing—it’s dead weight

Since I dumped 6 drafts of T.U.B.E. (2+ years worth of work), I get comments like these quite often: “Don’t delete your words! Save them for reusing!” And I considered this sage advice, but 6 years of writing have shown me that I NEVER return to the writing I’ve discarded. And when I do, it holds me down like a dead weight. (All T.U.B.E. drafts are saved, but I never even look at them. They’re saved purely for downloads on my site for those curious about the process.)

It’s very tempting to ho...