Rebekah Christie asked Katrina Abbott:

Do you have any advice for a person (like me) who loves to write stories, but can never finish them?

Katrina Abbott Hi Rebekah, thanks so much for your question! It really depends what your objective is. If you want to write for the joy of writing, you can write whatever you like and never have to finish anything! But if you want to write for publication, the hard answer is that you have to finish. Ask yourself why you don't finish - is it because you are bored or you aren't sure where your story is going? If you understand the reasons why you can't finish, that might help you. Maybe you need to make outlines and plot your stories beforehand. Or perhaps force yourself to focus on one story and see it through, no matter what. It doesn't have to be perfect, either - some people can't finish because they don't feel their stories are good enough and they stop working on them, but you can edit later, just get that first draft done and worry about fixing it down the road. Getting the words down is the most important thing to a first draft, because you can't edit a blank page!

I hope that helps and good luck with your writing!
Kat

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