Full Page Paralysis
The author contrasts "blank page paralysis" with what he calls "full page paralysis"—the difficulty of finishing something rather than starting it. He notes that finishing makes work real and finite, subject to judgment, which creates a fear of imperfection that keeps a completed piece from being published.
Background
Jim Nielsen is a software engineer and blogger who writes about the craft of building for the web. This post draws on two well-known ideas in engineering and project management: "the last 90%" (the observation that the final 10% of a software project often takes as much effort as the first 90%) and "the last mile" (originally from logistics, referring to the disproportionately difficult final leg of delivery). The piece contrasts "blank page paralysis" — the widely discussed fear of starting something new — with the less-talked-about fear of finishing, when a work-in-progress must face real judgment.