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* [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]]'s masterpiece ''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]'' was intended to be only the first arc of a much larger story, but unfortunately Dostoevsky [[Author Existence Failure|died before he could complete any more of it]].
* Gail Carson Levine of ''[[Ella Enchanted]]'' fame gave her novel ''Ever'' a [[Bittersweet Ending]], but its original ending was even more so:
{{quote| In an earlier version, I imagined something called ''lij'' time, which moves much faster or much slower than ordinary time. I had Olus become a ''lijok,'' a god who can control ''lij'' time. He puts himself and Kezi into fast ''lij'' time so that they can be together for many years before her sacrifice.}}
* The last few pages of [[The Pale King]] are a quick rundown of ideas that [[David Foster Wallace]] was musing over:
** More [[Character Development]], with a huge focus on Leonard Stecyk.
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