Unpublished stories
Coping with all my drafts that I never finished
I believe many of us who enjoy writing never share many of the things we write. The work might be unfinished or unsatisfactory to us — writers. Most of what we do will never leap from our notebooks or drafts.
There’s a silent beauty to it. Like I’m keeping a secret.
BUT the truth is: I’m trying to romanticize not being able to find a satisfying ending or final structure for 36 drafts that I started writing and never finished over the past 7 years that I’ve been on this platform.
It is unnervingly frustrating to start with a brilliant idea soufflé and see it slowly descend into the depths, becoming a quiche of mediocrity. I may be too hard on myself, but I was recently going through all my drafts on this platform — there were WAY more than I remembered.
That’s when I concluded what I mentioned earlier. The writing stays in the shadows, never to see the light of your iPhone screen (or Samsung if you’re so inclined). I am coping because “cope” — as the young people say — is the only thing that will bring me back to writing regularly on this platform.
I am shaping a satisfying narrative for myself. One that is forgiving to people who start a lot of things and (almost) never finish. If you’re in the same boat as I am, you could do with a bit of forgiveness now and then.
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