There are those that strive for perfection and are satisfied with nothing less, from themselves and from those around them. But I ask you, what is perfect?
It’s whatever the person looking at it says it is. What is the perfect child? The one that sits on his or her hands with a closed mouth for hours, or the one that fidgets and asks a constant stream of questions. The answer depends on who you ask.
To some the perfect novel is the mystery where you’ve been with the killer the whole time and never knew. To others it must take you to places you’ve never been or to other worlds entirely. Some insist it ends happily, other need it to end with a twist.
Writing a novel that is perfect to everyone who read its pages isn’t humanly possible. A writer can only write the best work they can. Even being a best seller doesn’t make it perfect. Plenty of people take issue with J K Rowling’s writings. Subject, style or voice, there is something they don’t like. Millions of people, children and adults, love her books, but there are some that find it imperfect.
So, what is perfect? It’s like asking what is beautiful, everyone has an answer and no two answers are the same.
Don't worry about perfect. Just write.
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