I’ll be the first to admit there are at least two schools of thought when it comes to unfinished projects. But first, let me start out by saying, for me, an unfinished project is along the lines of a writing project. A story idea that just never made it to those two illustrious words every writer hopes to write; THE END. We all have them. Famous authors have them. Posthumous authors have them. Those stories we started but never finished. Now, back to the two schools of thought…
We really do need to write whatever it is we need to. Each project, finished or unfinished or burned, leads to the next with renewed and new knowledge. A good post, thank you!
Thanks for sharing - I enjoyed reading it. However, I think there may be a third possibility - that ideas are alive and like to biding their time. I find that some unfinished pieces (admittedly not all) go into a stasis during which they seem to develop on their own - Given time they will come back of their own accord with the wrinkles ironed out. I don't see them as text in a file, or paper in a drawer - the real storage is in the writer's head , where, Subconsciously, these ideas are in constant, if slow, development. Like live creatures, it's best to leave them alone and they'll come home, wagging their tales behind them!
We really do need to write whatever it is we need to. Each project, finished or unfinished or burned, leads to the next with renewed and new knowledge. A good post, thank you!
Thanks for sharing - I enjoyed reading it. However, I think there may be a third possibility - that ideas are alive and like to biding their time. I find that some unfinished pieces (admittedly not all) go into a stasis during which they seem to develop on their own - Given time they will come back of their own accord with the wrinkles ironed out. I don't see them as text in a file, or paper in a drawer - the real storage is in the writer's head , where, Subconsciously, these ideas are in constant, if slow, development. Like live creatures, it's best to leave them alone and they'll come home, wagging their tales behind them!