@DBActiveAgain, an interesting premise, so it's worth trying, just not worthwhile finishing.
There are plenty of 'promising' stories, yet relatively few truly Great ones. And should we at least strive for greatness, even if we never quite reach it ourselves?
Greatness is always a distant goal and one rarely gets there on their first few times. Sometime's not even on their twenty-fifth attempt, yet resting on our laurels never helps reach that particular goal.
And yet, often it's the failed, least successful stories which inspire new authors, as it's so hard duplicating phenomenal writing, yet besting insipid or merely fumbling is a much more achievable goal.