: Re: Restarting a Novel In 2015 I wrote the first two thirds of a novel (as part of NaNoWriMo). I stopped at that point because I had written the 50,000 words required for the 'competition' but

@XinRu607

Vote Up Vote Down

My two cents is this; if you're A. writing for yourself, then commercial considerations are irrelevant and that if you feel the story is finished then physically writing anything more is emotionally pointless, but if you feel dissatisfied with the situation you should finish it, closure is useful. If you're writing for personal reasons then the setting/timing issues shouldn't be allowed to stand in your way, resolve them in whatever way works for you. B. if you want to finish the story because of publication commitments then commercial considerations are important and should dictate your path forward, again timing/setting issues can be resolved in any way that makes the story work, usually by ignoring the fact that any time has passed between starting and finishing the book and establishing the setting as a particular date regardless of when you're writing.

I've dropped entire universes worth of story material for five years or more and gone back to them to write something new in that setting or to update existing works so old work can be accessible for completion or rework if it fits your current creative frame. You has two options when returning to old material as well, you can finish an existing work or you can use the material from the existing work to write something different, something new as a work but old in it's outlook/content.

(0)

Login to post a comment!