Writers should never settle for less than their best work. Is that mere perfectionism on my part? Maybe. But why put out as much effort and soul mining as writing requires for something that is only "good enough"? On the other hand, I believe the audience should be considered equally. If we write to please only ourselves, then we are just tossing our stories into the abyss. For a story to be whole, it must have an audience. Anything else is probably narcissism.
And ultimately I believe these two goals are not mutually exclusive.
What is your opinion?
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