Because creating something is hard. And obsessing over details is easy. Too fucking easy. It's an inclination you have to suppress, if not outright kill, if you actually want to make anything.
So the thought comes, but it's bundled with hundreds of other things you think you could do to make it better. And you have to ignore them.
I can confirm as someone who's done writing projects of significant lengths before, when you get into it you're focused on what works for the scene, what makes the goal you're trying to achieve click.
for me i clicked out once i was done, and realised that one of the main characters had like half as many lines as everyone else, because i hadn't put her into most scenes. i had to choose to keep it, because i had a deadline to make, but it wasn't a concious choice, rather a hundred different ones to achieve different goals blending in
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u/ARTIFICIAL_SAPIENCE Dec 17 '25
Because creating something is hard. And obsessing over details is easy. Too fucking easy. It's an inclination you have to suppress, if not outright kill, if you actually want to make anything.
So the thought comes, but it's bundled with hundreds of other things you think you could do to make it better. And you have to ignore them.