Fiction Tips: Sometimes you need to stop writing.
Writers write. Right?
Yes.
But!
The smart writers know when to shelve a work-in-progress.
Case in point: I recently finished 11/22/63 by Stephen King.
It’s a time travel story that centers on this question: what would happen if JFK had lived? I CRUSHED ON THIS BOOK SO HARD. Here’s the thing about King: he is so versatile, and he has evolved so much as a writer. So if you tried him in the past, meaning decades ago, and he wasn’t your cup o’ tea, consider trying him again. Consider this book!
I digress. Back to my point. In the afterword, King says this: “I originally tried to write this book in 1972. I dropped the project because the research it would involve seemed far too daunting for a man who was ...
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