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What do you do with your unfinished stories?

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mare:
I was just thinking about this today Kelly lol that's so weird.

I tend to apologize to the readers for my lack of delays but I am highly considering using the dreaded 'on hiatus' for my Scars story. I do think i'm going to leave it up though, because for me, as long as it's there I will feel obliged to finish it one day, where as the second I take it down it's my out and I never will.

As far as the 13th Step, I have given myself a deadline of the end of April to either finish it or chuck it so i'm sure i'll get my butt in gear for that.

I hate when stories sit unfinished forever with no hint or sign that it's just in limbo. That's what should be in the summary instead of a banner. It should say something to the effect of I haven't finished this one and it hasn't been updated in over five years so if you read it be aware of that! lol 

It's always sad when stories go by the wasteside but in the end it might be the best thing because if you are writing just to finish it, you're probably not doing it justice and that's how i'm feeling about my writing lately.

honey:
yeah, that's how I fee. And I honestly didn't feel that bad when I finally said, "I quit" to the two or three I knew I wouldn't write. And none of those were very far in. The only one I'm conflicted about is "The Day I Fall" and that's because I'm not entirely convinced that I won't ever finish it. That one is so far into it now, and I do (eventually) update it, and like I said, after I took it down, I read the whole thing over again and I'm surprisingly in love with it (seeing as how it's a Nick drama.) I would hate to give up entirely. I wonder if putting it back up would be better.  don't know.

You really think readers would rather have part of a story and a warning that it might be a really slow process, than none at all?

starbeamz:
hey mare, do you write other stories outside the fanfic world that aren't up on AC? random question, i know, but just curious...

starbeamz:

--- Quote ---You really think readers would rather have part of a story and a warning that it might be a really slow process, than none at all?
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I think it would be nice of us, as writers, to let them know because I feel really horrible about canceling some of my stories that people had expressed a lot of interest in. I know, as a reader, I always get frustrated when a story isn't updated for ages. I know I'd appreciate it if a writer had that "on hiatus" warning rather than none at all.

Also, I always say "never say never!" I'm weird in that, months from now, I might cycle those stories back out of the vault and work on it some more. At the moment, I can't see that happening but...Never say never!

mare:

--- Quote from: starbeamz2 on February 26, 2008, 03:38:40 PM ---hey mare, do you write other stories outside the fanfic world that aren't up on AC? random question, i know, but just curious...

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I write plain fiction as well. I've posted a fair amount of itvon the AC site but no one seems to want to read it lol which is understandable . The only time i've written outside of BSB fanfic wise was that SN story I posted the other day.

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