Done is Better Than Perfect: Lessons from the Midnight Deadline I have spent half my life watching brilliant writers stare at a blinking cursor. They are paralyzed. Why? Because they have a masterpiece in their head, and they are terrified that the words on the screen will be a “betrayal” of that vision. In the newsroom, we don’t have the luxury of the “Tortured Artist” routine. If the front page is blank, I lose my job. This pressure taught me a secret: Perfectionism is just a high-end form of procrastination. 1. The 80% Rule In editing, we know that 80% of the impact comes from 20% of the work—the lead,…