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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tglassy" data-source="post: 7493662" data-attributes="member: 6855204">That’s a logical fallacy, called a False Equivalence. It means comparing two things in the effort to prove a point when the two things are not comparable. Writing is art. Art is never “finished”.  Sure, the author can finally stop and publish it, but that doesn’t mean it’s “finished”. Ask Tolkien. And let’s look at it from your assumption.  A good businessman doesn’t close every deal. In fact, a good businessman fails closing more deals than a bad businessman because the bad ones quit. A good businessman eventually stops trying to close a deal when he realizes it’s not going to go through, so as to not waste time. Pilots always land their planes. Whether they survive it is another story. A good pilot always survives his landings and doesn’t take off unless he’s sure he’ll be able to land safely. If he doesn’t think the landing will be safe, he won’t land. Good comedians tell more bad jokes than bad comedians, because they tell more jokes by volume. They wind up leaving more jokes left in their notebook than they use, because they decide they weren’t funny. So good comedians know when to not continue with a joke. So yes, a writer that doesn’t finish his series of books can still be a good writer. Besides, I’ll bet I know how to keep you in suspense.</blockquote>