Yesterday,
I received a snail mail
from my 11 year old niece.
She’d started a story,
and wanted me to finish it.
Because that’s what I do.
I finish things.
If a story has solid bones,
I finish it.
If a project is valid,
I finish it.
Finishing is rare.
Many, many people start projects.
Starting is interesting,
exciting, fun.
Continuing is hard.
Finishing is harder still.
But finishing is where the payoff is.
Only completed stories
end up on bookstore shelves.
Only completed products
get sold.
Successful people finish.