You ever spend way too long getting one tiny section right…
and then realize no one listening will even notice it?
Perfectionism… maybe.
But it still has to feel right.
Do you keep tweaking—or move on?
Composing : Perfectionism vs. Progress by Kat Spencer
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My tweaking has both decreased and/or become more streamlined since I spent much less time on it than in my early scripts. I was once on page 60 of a script, had watched some interesting vlogs concerning tight writing, so I went back to the beginning, applied the tips and now had 56 pages of the same script.
Doesn't happen these days.
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Great Q, Kat Spencer ! I tend to be in the perfectionism camp. What about you?
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Kat Spencer I have discovered that when I ignore those 'perfectionistic tendencies' at the early stage of composing, I usually end up going back to that point after mixing and mastering to do what I would have done earlier. And in some cases where I didn't, I find myself feeling some level of regret whenever I hear the finished piece. So, it's better to tweak till it feels right, than to move on and regret later. The exception is when I'm on a tight schedule.
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Ah, the tight schedule, Emmanuel Obiejemba ! I know it well, and the accompanying line, "We'll fix it in mix!"
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Morgan Aitken The delusion of "fix it in the mix"