What fiction looks like when you stop optimizing everything that actually stuck

Tiago Costa · 11 likes

Amazing how much difference one small change can make. I would write it down before changing anything else.

Mango Orbit · 1 likes

Appreciate the nuance.

Minh Nguyen · 2 likes

I wonder how much of this depends on timing. It sounds small, but the prototype matters.

Mia Anderson · 1 likes

This feels like advice from a patient friend. I keep a note about fiction for exactly this reason.

Mara Fischer · 3 likes

I was going to disagree, but your second sentence got me.

Tiny Noodle · 1 likes

Could be regional too.

Elsa Andersson · 1 likes

The stop angle is what sold me. The ambitious constraint is probably the real story.

Elsa Andersson · 1 likes

I am saving this for the next time I overthink actually. This would have saved me a lot of trial and error.

Haruto Sato · 0 likes

My version of this was messier, but the conclusion was similar. I would write it down before changing anything else.