What to do when you've outgrown your own story

@CrispyGhee Gheebs
Fri, 28 Sep 2018 01:09:33 +0000

@CrispyGhee wrote:

This really is an emotionally tough one, and I think anyone who loves writing and pours themselves into things goes through this. I agree with pretty much everyone here saying that putting it aside and moving on sounds like it'll be the best thing to do. I usually take a moment to think about what the story meant to me at the time I created it, and acknowledge why it was important, and then what I learned in the process of working on it. And then kinda thank it for that and let it go.

When you're making stuff for yourself, what time you have to work on those things is super precious. You'd be cautious about spending your time making something for someone else, right? It's kind of like that with old stories. You were a different person back then, and sometimes the only reason you're still holding onto it is because you told that person that you would. Letting go would give you more time to focus on things that is more relevant to you!

But mang, i get you on fearing you spent too much time on something. There's this whole thing called the "sunk cost fallacy" that says that the amount of time you spent on something does not inherently make it more valuable than something you haven't spent any time on yet, but... that is something that I haven't quite emotionally got my own head around yet .-. This stuff is for sure tough.