Books · by Gentle Comet · 2026-10-03

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

Would love to hear how other people handle this. I am especially curious about the version that works on a tired weekday, not just on an ideal Sunday

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Tiago Costa · 11 likes

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

Appreciate the nuance

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

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

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

could be regional too

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

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

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