Tell us about a short story you started years ago and never finished, what happened to it

[Jason99]

Started a story about two estranged siblings reconnecting at a funeral, got three thousand words in and realized I didn't actually know how to end it honestly without it feeling forced

[DarkAvenger45]

Started a story about a lighthouse keeper's last winter before automation replaced the job, abandoned it once I realized I was writing around the actual emotional core instead of into it

[Oscar_75]

Had a story about a con artist falling in love with a mark, got stuck at the reveal scene for over a year and eventually moved on to other projects

[Harper48]

Started a story about a translator slowly losing her own native language, abandoned it once real life got busy and I never found the same voice again when I tried returning to it

[LatentSpace]

Started a story about a retired boxer training one last fighter, abandoned it when I realized I didn't actually know enough about the sport to write it convincingly

[Saka31]

Had a story about a woman discovering her grandmother's wartime letters, stalled at the research stage and never picked it back up despite loving the premise

[MickFoley]

Had half a story about siblings splitting up their parents' estate, stopped because the material felt too close to my own actual family situation at the time

[Scholes22]

Started a story about two strangers stuck in an airport during a storm, abandoned it once the ending I'd planned started feeling too neat for the messiness of the actual setup