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it came to everything from washing
the dishes to wrapping Christmas
presents, my mother’s thinking was
much in line with General George
Patton’s: “A good plan violently
executed now is better than a
perfect plan executed next week.”
Or, to paraphrase: A goodenough
novel violently written now
is better than a perfect novel
meticulously written never.
I also think my mother
understood this radical notion—that
mere completion is a rather
honorable achievement in its own
right. What’s more, it’s a rare one.
Because the truth of the matter is,