My writing partner and I started collaborating because we both care about putting something true into the world, but we've gotten so focused on whether people will like our work that we're second-guessing every honest thing we want to say. We're editing out the parts that matter most and both pretending that's just good craft.
More people experience this than they realize.
Collaborators are compromising their shared vision out of fear, while telling themselves they're being professional rather than cowardly.
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