Stop Trying to Be Perfect With Your Writing

Good is good enough

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“No poem is ever completed, only abandoned.” — Paul Valery

The biggest impediment to starting something new is a desire to be perfect. You want to write the perfect blog post. The perfect novel, the perfect poem. When you finally write it, it’s so far from perfect, you’re discouraged. You aimed for perfection and failed even to…