When to Abandon or Revive a Writing Project

Trunk stories are novels or short stories you’ve had to bury because, for whatever reason, they feel lifeless. This video contains tips and tricks for sensing when a story deserves to bite the dust or be reanimated with fresh parts. You can read a text version of this video on Medium:   / when-to-abandon-or-revive-a-writing-project   Love my channel? Treat me to a cup of coffee at https://ko-fi.com/quotidianwriter. Behind-the-scenes notes for this video: https://ko-fi.com/Blog/Post/Behind-th... Twitter:   / quotidianwriter   Title and End Music: “Clockwork” by Vindsvept -   • Fantasy Music - Vindsvept - Clockwork   Background Music by Vindsvept: “Winter’s Day” “Wildfire, Part One” “Keeper of the Forest” “Woodland Lullaby” SOURCES Alex Acks’ blog post on trunk stories: https://katsudon.net/?p=151 Tobias S. Buckell’s blog post on trunk stories: https://www.sfwa.org/2015/12/35463/ Mckayla Eaton’s blog post on trunk stories:   / unloading-those-trunk-stories   Jeff Somers’ blog post on trunk stories: https://getfreewrite.com/blogs/writin... Learning From Trunk Stories (0:00) The Benefit of Trunking Stories (2:13) When You Should Trunk a Story (3:23) Editing and Iteration (5:49) Recycling Your Ideas (8:10) Assessing Your Stories (9:39)