No matter how much blood sweat and tears you put into a project, us creative types get a bright shiny new idea. Sometimes, that means we rush to finish the current one or abandon the WIP with the other unfinished projects. Other times, we want to throw that new idea into the story.

I’m a huge fan of taking breaks when needed, as it gives me time to think about what does and doesn’t work on a story, but I’m also a believer in finishing what I started. That isn’t to say I won’t listen to beta r...