tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772560852349924056.post2519435457741745709..comments2024-02-16T02:34:38.673-08:00Comments on Nelsa Roberto's Out of the Wordwork: Is Finishing Your Story Always a Good Thing?out of the wordworkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15919130781982475478noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772560852349924056.post-32847040550786953802011-04-26T07:34:22.252-07:002011-04-26T07:34:22.252-07:00Hi Lisa: You may be right. Going back and forth be...Hi Lisa: You may be right. Going back and forth between two stories is not something I usually do. It's so easy to give up on one and tackle the other when things are difficult. Maybe I just need to commit! :)out of the wordworkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15919130781982475478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772560852349924056.post-10411637514350968232011-04-25T16:34:18.963-07:002011-04-25T16:34:18.963-07:00Oooh, that's tricky stuff! I tend to think the...Oooh, that's tricky stuff! I tend to think there's value in finishing. But maybe it isn't time to finish yet? Also, when I work on more than one unfinished (talking first draft here) WIP it all gets muddled.Lisa Gail Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03648323153868702165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772560852349924056.post-35329527087958004972011-04-25T06:29:14.133-07:002011-04-25T06:29:14.133-07:00Hi Linda! It is a hard question. I wonder if my wa...Hi Linda! It is a hard question. I wonder if my way of answering it is just to say I'm not 'stopping' I'm just 'taking a break'. Then, if I visit it again, I might ignite that spark. One should never say never, as they say.out of the wordworkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15919130781982475478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772560852349924056.post-58624301189693891922011-04-22T07:06:29.597-07:002011-04-22T07:06:29.597-07:00Gosh, that's a tough one. Like you found out, ...Gosh, that's a tough one. Like you found out, you can sometimes think the story is stone cold dead, but later find a spark has survived. You never know when the fire will burst forth again.<br /><br />I suppose I'd say it's time to stop when the idea of working on it fills you with dread. If you find yourself avoiding writing altogether just because you can't bear the thought of opening the document.Linda G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576828490765434497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772560852349924056.post-17216101156565586292011-04-22T05:56:25.654-07:002011-04-22T05:56:25.654-07:00Hi Kelly! Thank you so much! I'll pop over rig...Hi Kelly! Thank you so much! I'll pop over right now... :)<br /><br />Hi Andrea! I hear you. I guess I have to make a decision soon - I do have another story that's niggling at the back of my head (isn't there always :)out of the wordworkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15919130781982475478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772560852349924056.post-22827887545148242552011-04-22T04:27:26.298-07:002011-04-22T04:27:26.298-07:00I can't answer your question, because I seem t...I can't answer your question, because I seem to keep coming back to my stories, feeling some persistent need to rewrite and improve them. But I suppose if I tried many different ways to rekindle that spark and couldn't, I'd eventually move on to something else. There are always more stories to write.Andrea Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.com