What to do when you've outgrown your own story

@AllynCrowe Allyn Crowe
Thu, 27 Sep 2018 20:27:34 +0000

@AllynCrowe wrote:

So, I've been writing for at least a decade now, if not more. Outgrowing a story is the natural state of creation. Nobody can forever do a story,and that's completely fine. I've outgrown at least 4 of my stories, which at the time I thought would be the most amazing books, and which I worked on for years.
Don't be too afraid to just call it enough, and take all you've learnt from your comic with you to the next grand project. Don't get obsessed with the idea that you should indefinitely be able to work on something, but instead learn how to end your projects with grace. Write satisfying endings, or even leave them open for interpretation if you so wish.
Think of this ending more or less as putting the cap on a bottle of soda, so it doesn't spill out and get wasted, or lose its fizz. Then you can put it back in the fridge and go have something else you want more, or maybe come back to it and take a sip out of it later.

I'm sure your next project will be better, and you'll find more enjoyment in it. And if you do not, there's always another idea right around the corner waiting to be worked out