There’s always a point where you have to let a story go. Art isn’t finished, as many people before me have pointed out, only abandoned. And eventually you abandon your new child and hope that you’ll get it right next time, or the time after that, and you never do.
In a Reddit Q&A about An Evening with Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman adds a caveat to his timeless advice to aspiring writers, in which he argued for the value of finishing things. Also see Gaiman’s 8 rules of writing and his wisdom on the creative life.
More advice on writing here.
(via explore-blog)