My writing partner and I started this novel because we were obsessed with the same unexplored corner of history, but now every character feels like a tug-of-war between her psychological realism and my lyrical impulses. We're both trying to serve the story but we keep pulling it in directions that feel essential to each of us and impossible to reconcile.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two creators discover that shared subject matter does not guarantee compatible approaches to bringing that vision into form.
“Where Are You with Criticism and the creative response?”
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