C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 05/12/2024“My problem is I’m a perfectionist!” Being a perfectionist isn’t something odd or special; it’s the default setting we all begin at as writers. We all seek perfection. Professionals know perfection doesn’t exist and is only imagined in the eyes of the viewer/reader. “Perfect is the enemy of good.” 4188672
Owlbert 🦉 @arijog.bsky.social · 06/12/2024I've always considered my perfectionist streak to be one of my greatest strengths. 000
Jason Helford @writingguy.bsky.social · 05/12/2024I’m nowhere near perfect, so I shouldn’t expect my output to be, either. And what’s perfect to one person is likely flawed to another. Just write, get it down, and see what happens. Great advice, Mr Cargill👍🏼 050
Richard, Toad the Just, Earl of Sausagetoad 🇬🇧 🇺🇸🌊 @richardlordtoad.bsky.social · 05/12/2024I was always too much of a perfectionist to do hourly work. Boeing told me 'Don't make your parts so pretty.' In cable TV, my Bosnian partner said "Rleek...don't make 'nice.' Is time." Everyone's in a hurry. I found my bliss playing drums. 010
TheFlyFisher @theflyfisher.bsky.social · 06/12/2024That’s why sometimes good enough is good enough! 000
Paul Potiki @guanolad.bsky.social · 05/12/2024I say "rough enough is good enough" and acknowledge that I don't know what good is, I only know when I'm happy with it. The difficulty is when you are doing work for a perfectionist, because then you can't win. 030
Sodota @sodotabop.bsky.social · 05/12/2024I think that's something I need to learn greatly when writing. I'm rewriting my first screen write after a long time but I'm so focused on formatting properly and making sure it's of high above average quality I paralyze myself in some ways. I have a deeper understanding of what I want to write now 120
ogdennutgoneflake @riverroadband.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Perfectionist (def) an underachiever with a ready made excuse. 010
East Coast J @jrhanlon.bsky.social · 05/12/2024One of my favourite quotes. Applies to many areas of life. 010
Derrick Scocchera @derricksco.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Refine, refine, refine, until you run out of time. Screenwriting and filmmaking are evolving things that you're constantly trying to improve and inject life into until you lock picture. 030
lizzybathory75.bsky.social @lizzybathory75.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Thank you. I need this reminder often 020
Some Kind of David @swordlessmimetown.bsky.social · 05/12/2024A bad finished work is always better than a perfect unfinished idea 0171
Jonathan @dvduadotcom.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Seek to be in tune, to be clear, to connect... never for perfection. A goal is good, but the journey is everything. 000
Lisa Schiff @crkrjx.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Perfectionism keeps you from ever completing anything... because nothing you do is ever good enough... 000
Librarygremlin 🦕 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @library-gremlin.bsky.social · 06/12/2024I strive for completion over perfection. 000
⚠Defective⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Human🤣 @chunkylumplump.bsky.social · 05/12/2024We all seek love. Perfection is a disease created by fear of not being loved. BUY MY BOOK ON AMOZUB! 010
Tina🌊🌊🏄 @tberry65.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Perfectionism is a horrible manifestation of anxiety. I have been fighting it all my life. It only gets in the way of accomplishment. 010
Emmet @emmet987.bsky.social · 06/12/2024That's the problem left-wing Democrats have. Hillary wasn't perfect enough for them, so we got Trump. Al Gore wasn't perfect enough, so we got W. Bush. 000
Mike J. Nichols / TheEditDoctor from Twitter @mikejnichols.bsky.social · 06/12/2024My accepted term “realistic perfectionism” you fix and build whatever you can until the last second it actually can’t happen anymore because of money or time or just plain real world deadlines etc - I feel ya, man 000
Scott Whitmire @swhitmire.bsky.social · 05/12/2024The only antidote for perfectionism is a deadline. 010
Very Human Robot @jwatte.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Don't let the good enough be the enemy of the barely adequate! 020
erikniels.bsky.social @erikniels.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Perfection is ill defined- if you wanted to see yourself as a perfectionist, you could. I think self describing that way has more to do with fixating on things that you think aren’t important to you, or shouldn’t be. 000
Dave Collins Jr @davesdungeon.bsky.social · 06/12/2024I really do think about Mayuri Kurotsuchi’s speech from the anime Bleach about perfection every time I hear someone say they are a “perfectionist.” youtu.be/87LPiBItZmQ?...youtu.beI DESPISE PERFECTION | MAYURI KUROTSUCHI |ENGLISH BEST SPEECH | BLEACHYouTube video by REXX GAMING 010
Reverend Ike (he, him) Ⓥ @meccalopolis.bsky.social · 05/12/2024My one demand of myself is, is it readable? 010
jaydubthegamer.bsky.social @jaydubthegamer.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Some of us were taught to understand "perfect is the enemy of good" to indicate "so don't settle for good; it's insufficient," unfortunately. 030
My thoughts on a daily basis @hiszafer.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Perfectionism is the fear of being criticized. Caroline Myss 010
Peter Jamieson @peterjamieson.bsky.social · 06/12/2024"Good is the enemy of great!" Bobby Huff (Producer, Songwriter, Musician) 000