I tweak stories.
I constantly refine them.
I don’t stop doing this
after the final edit
and it drives my editor
up the wall
because I usually insert typos.
The only thing
that pulls me out
of the revising death spiral
is a deadline.
I will set up a story
for pre-order
and booksellers will insist
the final version
be loaded by X date.
That deadline is the ONLY reason
my stories get published.
Seth Godin
shares
“The benefit is that
once we agree to the deadline,
we don’t have to worry about it anymore.
We don’t have to negotiate,
come up with excuses
or
even stress about it.
It won’t ship
when it’s perfect.
It will ship
because we said it would.”
If you constantly revise
like I do,
consider setting a firm deadline.