Fighting for "Good"

There will be times when you are writing, when you seem to hit a brick wall. There will be a scene, or an important bit of dialogue, maybe just a sentence or two that just will not come out right. You'll beat your head against it for an hour or two, and then you'll reach a point where you'll be tempted to just say "It's not good, but it's good enough to get me to the next thing, so I'm just going to move on now".  It can be very discouraging to get bogged down like that. You're making no progress, and all the people who read your stories are on the forums are emailing you; "When's the next chapter coming out", "Hey is the chapter done yet""Hey, remember that story you were writing a while back, is that still happening"? I hope that when that happens, you'll find the strength somewhere to clear your head, make a fresh cup of coffee, then go back for one or two more passes. Because "good enough" may finish the story, but "good" is what it takes to move people.

If you really think about it, for the stories, and the characters and "ships" that you love the most, there was a single moment that hooked you. Sure, there were a lot more since then that you like, and that you might post on Tumblr of make animated gifs or music video's of, but there was one moment, a bit of dialogue, a look, a touch, one scene that "had you at hello" and made you a fan.

I have to think that some of those scenes didn't come easily. The writers and artist and actors had to fight to get them where they needed to be. You put so much time and effort into writing these things. Isn't it worth just a little bit more to make your story unforgettable?