For those that do creative projects, how do you get past choice paralysis? If you’re a writer and have 5 book ideas you feel are pretty good, how do you choose the best one to move forward with?

  • justdaveisfine@piefed.socialOPEnglish
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    2 days ago

    What if your most interesting choice for you is definitely not the best choice overall, if you knew you had to eventually turn around and sell it?

    • 200ok@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      The only one that will sell is the one that’s finished.

      If it’s interesting to you, it’ll be interesting to someone else. Doing something for mass market appeal gets you buried in the crowd. Finding a niche and being excited with that niche crowd is what will get you noticed.

    • Rhaedas@fedia.io
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      2 days ago

      I note that in another reply you say that it’s about programming and not writing, but I think the same philosophy applies. Do something and get past the decision of debating what. Write (or program) as if it’s not for the goal of publication. Work on the side stuff like art or characters or core structures. Then take a break, look back and see if you feel that one is not getting anywhere. Dive into the next if you haven’t found the drive for the first yet.

      It “wastes” time if you find yourself having to back out, but it also helps you far more in making such decisions than just looking at the choices and wondering. And at some point the “bad decisions” that you abandoned you might come back to later and continue or restart to become a success.

      In short, doing something will get you somewhere. Waiting until you’re sure of a right choice may not get you anywhere.