Reasons to Not Destroy Your Old Stories

Today we were in our closet, digging through one of our boxes full of stories. We found some that were very embarrassing and terrible (in fact they were excruciating) but we found others that we had at the time thought were bad but now that we had seen them in a different light, found that they were quite good. After looking through all those stories, we became very inspired and made good progress on the storybook that we are currently writing in.

I've heard that some people go through their papers and throw all the ones they don't like out. But we're here to give you five reasons for why you shouldn't.

1: What we said just before. Going through your old work can give you some very useful inspiration and ideas.

2: You might also change your mind about them after a while. They might not seem as terrible or wonderful and you thought, two seconds after you put your pen down.

3: It'll be hilarious for you to look back on when you're older. The things you wrote about, or what you thought was scary or exciting will probably change and you'll probably find that amusing in a few years.

4: It's great because then you can look back on your writing journey and see how you have A) changed B) gotten better and C) you can see how characters developed and have grown since you first started writing about them.

5: It can give you motivation. Just as we just said, it helped us be more motivated and encouraged us to keep on writing, because it's never in vain. You just have to remember not to be vain.

That is all for today. Let us know how your day went!

Yours sincerely and very tiredly,