My writing partner and I used to push each other to do better work, but somewhere along the way we started being nice instead of honest and now we both know our stuff isn't as good but neither of us wants to be the one to bring back the hard conversations. We've gotten comfortable with mediocre.
More people experience this than they realize.
You and your partner started being nice instead of honest, and your work has gotten worse for it.
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