Hello hello, and welcome to our now 13th (XIIIth) writing club update. My dictionary explains that the meaning of “thirteen” is:
One more than twelve.
Truly to words to live by. Shuffling around my books for a more inspirational bit of numerology, I find the chapter in Mervyn Peake’s “Titus Groan” book, wherein we’re introduced to the outsider “Keda” who is to be a wet-nurse for the titular prince of Gormenghast. I’m not sure how that relates to what we’re doing here, but it’s a pretty weird, and cool, book.
Speaking of weird and cool…!
As always, all are extremely welcome to participate in the writing club, regardless of whether they’re in the list above.
This is such a human phenomenon that it doesn’t really need a name, but I stumbled upon the Ovsiankina effect, which is basically describing the feeling of being a “completionist” which yeah, I feel like it would be very difficult to want to finish everything and also be a (sounds like?) a bit of a perfectionist!
I’m projecting really hard right now, but I’ve found my own perfectionism paralyzing at times, so I wish you luck in recognizing when things are “good enough” so that you can free yourself and move on.
You’re definetly not projecting lol I get stuck over thinking things when in reality the project is essentially finished. I think it might also be a result of being too close to it? Like I’ve thought about it so much that all I can see are the flaws, but when someone else reads my work they really enjoy it.
I’m trying to be better about calling things done once the inspiration has faded. I’ve definetly ruined a few things because I keep messing with them long after I should have walked away-- though that’s more of a problem with my visual art.
Hopefully we’ll both get better at finishing things and recognizing that they are indeed good enough :p