3 Reasons Why You Should Ignore Your Writing Perfectionism And Just Hit Publish

Imperfectly published is better than perfect but unpublished.

One of the Digital Writing Laws I live by is:

“Imperfectly Published Is Better Than Perfect But Unpublished.”

And it goes right to the heart of defeating the age-old writer’s excuse:

“It’s not ready yet.”

So ask yourself: when will it be ready?

One of the biggest realizations writers need to face early on is that perfect is an unreasonable standard to meet. Nothing is “perfect”. More importantly, aiming for perfection slows you down. Other writers, who aren’t aiming for perfect, end up zooming right by you.

Perfectionism leads to a range of delaying tactics:

• Redrafting
• Overediting
• Procrastination

So if this sounds like you, here are 3 reasons why you should ditch the perfectionism and just hit “Publish” instead.

Reason #1: Allow yourself to create “junk”

The vast majority of writing advice books can be boiled down to a single rule: Write.

If you don’t allow yourself to write (and create “subpar” work in the process) you’re never going to practice and master your craft. You shouldn’t be worried about creating “junk” because you aren’t the final judge on how good your work is. That’s the job of the audience.

Let’s look at an example. The literary world hates on writers like E.L James (Fifty Shades of Grey) or writers like Stephenie Meyer (Twilight). Whether you think their work is any good doesn’t matter.

But guess what?

They hit publish. The world voted with their attention and with their dollars. And they sold millions of copies (and made millions of dollars) in the process.

Aiming for perfection isn’t productive.

Reason #2: Volume wins in the world of Digital Writing

There are clear steps to making 6 and even 7-figures as a writer and it starts…