My creative writing friend and I have been beta reading each other's novels for two years and we've gotten so invested in each other's success that we can't see each other's work clearly anymore. Our feedback has become cheerleading instead of editing and we're both stuck.
More people experience this than they realize.
Your care for each other as people has compromised your ability to serve each other as artists.
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