You can get stuck making it better, and better, and better. The thing is, it’s already good, and in your gut you know it’s good, so stop perfecting it.

STOP CHASING PERFECTION!

Ship it. 

It’s like with a child. You’ll never be the perfect parent who has given your child everything they need to get out there into the world and deal with life. We’re never ready, none of us. Stuff happens, and we need to adapt on the fly.

Same with writing. Feels good enough? Feels done? SHIP IT.

You’ll write another story, and another, and another. But if you wait until it’s good enough, you’ll miss the opportunity to grow. Because you grow by completing projects, not by perfecting them.

Think of every story as a step up the mountain. You want to get to the top, don’t you? Then don’t hesitate. Keep going. Step by step. Story by story. Book by book.

You can do it. I believe in you. Now get on it.

Illustration by Alijt Emmens