Writing

Recently, I've realised that I have a very frequent problem when writing. I tend to write several openings to a text or narrative so that I have several alternatives to choose depending on what I am writing for. However, choosing the correct (or rather, best) opening or ending rams me into a block. Even when it is already obvious which alternative I should use, I find it hard (and a bit painful) to obliterate the other options after putting so much time and thought into crafting them. Perhaps this has to do the "Ikea Effect".

As for the "Ikea effect", it's a psychology term used to refer to the increased attachment one has to an item, the more investment of labour ones puts into it. For example, I feel much more attachment to a bowl of noodles that I just boiled as compared to the bowl of mee pok bought from the school canteen.