All writers of fiction will at some point find themselves abandoning a piece of work - or find themselves putting it aside, as we gently say.
“My job is to get to the heart of a story, to find out what's really going on; to get it verified and, then, to get it out to as many people as possible as fast as.”
“We partied with the royal rich people, and we felt like rock stars. We drank all the whiskey in the place.”