So long as we're talking about writing

Yeah, it's all about the meta-discussion to day for this here frustrated, self-loathing wannabe author. Yesterday, I namechecked Elizabeth Bear, today it's Paul Cornell, who explains to SFX magazine why some stories don't deserve to be finished. For those that know, this is why my proto-religious shipwreck-hunter monster attack short story is languishing--it deserves to sit in turnaround hell until yours truly craps a clue.