Quantity Trumps Quality

http://blog.codinghorror.com/quantity-always-trumps-quality/

Well, came grading time and a curious fact emerged: the works of highest quality were all produced by the group being graded for quantity. It seems that while the “quantity” group was busily churning out piles of work - and learning from their mistakes - the “quality” group had sat theorizing about perfection, and in the end had little more to show for their efforts than grandiose theories and a pile of dead clay.

Just Do It. Write bad stories. Take bad photos. Write bad code. Your low bar will bubble up.