Have you ever started posting a story only later to say fuck it and leave it unfinished but still left it up?
Have you ever started posting a story only later to say fuck it and leave it unfinished but still left it up?
No.
I never post until the complete 1st draft is done. So I wouldn't be in a position to leave a story unfinished. However, I've started stories and gave up on them. But none of it was posted.
Agreed. I never know what I will need to go back and revise to make the ending click, so I would never start posting a story until it's finished.
Sadly yes.
A variety of reasons, but in each case I felt readers might enjoy what I had written so far. And there's always the incomplete and inactive as a warning.
AJ
I don't start posting a book until it's complete. That said, most books end with some kind of cliffhanger or story continuation.
So far, I haven't abandoned any of the series, and don't expect to. That said, some unforeseen Act of God could always intervene.
And then, of course, there is the Undiscovered Country, which is expected, but the date of travel is (thankfully) unknown.
I have a pair of stories that are currently incomplete and 'inactive'... based upon quite a bit of feedback, and an 'ultimatum' from a proofreader, I am not posting any further chapters until my story (or 'First Book') is Complete AND Edited, or at least thoroughly Proofread.
I am working on the primary story at least weekly, until I am done. Currently I am 'self-editing' and that is slowing me down, but I am improving the quality of what I have written.
There are many stories on SoL that are incomplete and inactive, that I enjoy reading.