The Five Stages of Author Envy

A few days ago I blogged a little about Wintergirls and how the theme of the book affected me. Now I'd like to talk a little about what affect the writing had on me.

We all know about the different stages of anger and grief and joy, but today I want to talk about a topic rarely discussed: The Five Stages of Author Envy. This can really only be documented with an amazing literary work such as Laurie Halse Anderson's Wintergirls.

Stage One – I wanted to stare at each sentence, one by one, feel it's