LibraryScenariosWhen creative friendship becomes competitive envy
Scenario

When creative friendship becomes competitive envy

My best friend got published in a magazine I have been submitting to for two years and I am ashamed of how jealous I feel

Mura
Online
The coach is replying

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Professional rejection combined with peer success triggers primitive feelings about worth and belonging.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Short fiction and the short form?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.