How to Get to Done (Cutting Room Floor #099)

How do you know when your story is DONE? When is it ready to share with the world? Or, even when it's ready to share with someone else for feedback? And HOW DO WE GET TO THAT POINT? If sharing our work is an act of letting go, how can we tell when we're holding onto it for too long, and when it genuinely still needs work and we have to sick it out until it's further along? It's one of the biggest struggles we face as writers. Objectivity. But fret not! There are some tried and true ways to answer the question: how do I get to 'done?' We share some of them!