5 ways to make use of a story that flopped

How you define a failed book is entirely up to you.

But Jeff Somers argues that your reaction can, in fact, be positive.

After all, it's unlikely that the entire project is a complete and total waste — there's likely some reusable material in there.

Somers shares five ways to salvage a failed story and repurpose its content at the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America blog.

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