The Abyss of Perfect

I decided to stop redrafting and fine-tuning my screenplay today. It's one of those choices that born editors like myself have the most difficulty with. After three drafts and countless other minor adjustments it is still not flawless - but it will do. Good may be the enemy of Best, but I know for a fact that Perfect is deadly to Very Good. Perfect is an alluring phantom that you can never touch, always tantalising you while just out of reach. I'm well aware of this, but it's still hard to leave that script alone. Time slides on, however, and any imperfections will have to fend for themselves. I am content - you see, I've learned the hard way in the past. If you wait until everything is "in place" before bringing something into daylight it will invariably wither in the dark. Too many goals have come to an unsung and inglorious demise because their masters were afraid or unwilling to send them out into the real world. When projects and ideas sink into this Sheol-like abyss it is sad enough, but they are not the only victims of this blood-sucking fear of faults. Humans too are subject to the same temptation, and the same fate if they do not resist. It is horrifyingly commonplace - people are waiting for this to fall into place, to get that sorted out, to be sure of the other, before they will go out and be who they know they should be. Striving to be the best you can is all very well, but if you're not actively carrying on in spite of any flaws, all your sweat will be wasted. No, we are not fully ready - got over that? Good. Now we must toil and run and fight with all our strength. And as we do so, the imperfections will begin to be chipped away.