172. What Does “Good” Mean? No one wants to make lousy work. We seek out good or even great. But how, exactly, do we judge our work? It might be a trap to ask someone else (or yourself) if your work is any good. It’s a trap because you might be tempted to judge “good” by commercial success. Or feedback from gatekeepers. Was Harry Potter not good when it was rejected by twelve publishers? Did it suddenly become good after it became a worldwide phenomenon? How can the same book be good and not good at the same time?
