The clamps hold it while the glue sets. Give new ideas time to set before you test their weight.

New ideas need a period where nothing is asked of them. Pressure applied too early, whether your own doubt or somebody else’s opinion, opens the joint before it has any strength, and then you conclude the idea was weak when it was only young. Setting time is not procrastination, it is part of how a thing becomes solid. The holding is work even though nothing appears to happen.

When something new arrives, give it a few days before you test it against anyone’s judgement, including your own. Write it down and leave it alone. Come back at the end of the week and see whether it still stands.