"Good Enough"

One of the curses of being a creative is that there is no real objective “finish line” for any of your projects.

There is almost always a temporal line. “You must be done by September” or “Published this year” or what-have-you, but that’s independent of what I am talking about.

It’s very hard, if not impossible, to look at any creative output and say “Yup, that’s where I want it to be,” and not be lying at least a little. There are always ways to improve, always things to work on, always new tricks and new tools that you can use (or not use!) to make your work better. But despite all that, at some point, you have to say “Yup, that’s good enough.”

“Good enough” are extremely powerful words in English. Is my short story perfect? Gods no. But is it good enough that I can send it to my editor? Yup! And then when she sends it back, is it going to be perfect? Nope! But it will be better, and that’s almost as good as good enough.

All this to say that the audio stories I’m creating? I think they’re good enough. The one I am going to spend today editing will be better than the last 4, but it won’t be perfect. But I’m still excited about releasing it! |

Hope everyone out there is staying safe and healthy!