Daily Drafts & Dialogues

Daily Drafts & Dialogues

Why and How I Finish Every Book I Start

It's okay to mark a book DNF and I won't judge others for doing so. But here's why I won't ever be able to do that…[See today’s writing prompt at the bottom of this post.]

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K. E. Creighton
May 29, 2024
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I keep hearing readers say that life is too short to read books they don't enjoy and that they mark books as DNF (Did Not Finish) all the time. Sure, I agree with that sentiment and where it's coming from to a certain extent, but personally I'm not sure that I am supposed to ‘enjoy’ every book that I read, especially the ones that expand my mind or enco…

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