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How creative feedback changes when groups become intimate

My writing group has been meeting for three years and we've become close friends, but lately when we give each other feedback it feels loaded with all our personal knowledge about each other's lives, and I can't tell if that's making our critiques more insightful or less honest.

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Artists are discovering that deepening personal relationships can complicate creative collaboration when friendship loyalty conflicts with artistic honesty.

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