A Writing Quote For Sunday, From Toni Morrison

“It is important to know when you are fretting it; when you are fretting it because it is not working, it needs to be scrapped.”

~ Toni Morrison

—

Usually, I feature these quotes because I am in 100% agreement with the sentiment being expressed. With this one, though, I am somewhat less certain, because at what point does one decide that something that is not working needs to be scrapped?

From my own point of view, sometimes when a piece of writing appears not to be working, all that means is...