Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just throwing up a lot of crap and seeing what sticks doesn't generally work for me. To me, that's the slowest, most painful way to figure out what works. Studying the successes of others is my preferred route. This particular idea is kind of newly born, so probably best to let it incubate a bit anyway. And, as I said, I have not slept well this week. Posting with a clear head generally gets better results.
Obviously, not sleeping isn't the greatest way to have your best thoughts. I understand that. However, I think you're missing out on a huge upside. You are judged by your best works not your failures. The problem with studying the success of others is that you're not doing anything. I would know, I spent 2 years doing it and had nothing to show for it. When I say throw up a lot of crap, what I really mean is throw up…
In this case, I really think my impetus to immediately post and start asking questions is probably a bad one, a premature impetus. It will be better for me to do some of the legwork before posting and requesting feedback. I'm not a patient person. :-) So I don't really want to wait. But I think it is best, not just because I am not in a good place mentally today but for other reasons as well.