Why a Draft is Better Than The Finished Piece (Why writers sometimes love the possibility of unfinished work more than completing it)

from The Quiet Quotient · host Jim Hansen

The moment you finish something, it stops living in imagination and starts existing in reality. Reality has edges. Limits. Weak sentences. Missing pieces. The finished version can disappoint you in ways the imagined version never could. Connect with me: https://www.jimhansenmedia.com/

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