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How to address recognition and credit issues in creative partnerships

My creative partner and I have been collaborating for five years and lately I feel like they take credit for ideas that came from me, but when I try to bring it up they act like I'm being petty about something that should be fluid between us. I'm starting to resent our work together but I don't want to blow up a partnership that's otherwise meaningful to both of us.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

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Creative collaboration requires negotiating the tension between collective ownership and individual contribution without losing either the relationship or personal integrity.

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