Why I Finish All My Shit

I’vestarteda lot more books and stories than I’ve finished, and this is a problem.

Why? Surely, when a concept or story isn’t working, you should stop while you’re ahead, right?

Well….

Chuck Wendig had a post up today about all the reasons you should finish your work, but really, I can distill it down to one reason, and one reason only.

The thing folks don’t realize is that learning how to write a piece of work requires you to actively practice how to write the whole thing.

Writing five hundred gr...