“Eyes on your own paper! The grass is always greener on the...

“Eyes on your own paper! The grass is always greener on the other side, and it’s easy to get caught up in looking at what other people are doing. But worrying about other people and their work just takes away from focusing on our own projects.”

—Kristina Forest is the author of YA romance novels, including I Wanna Be Where You Are and Now That I’ve Found You. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing with a concentration in Writing for Children at The New School. She lives in New York City with two huge bookshelves. 

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Image graphic created by NaNoWriMo Editorial Intern Jordan Leigh.

Image description: A green-blue background with a grasslike texture framing an illustrated piece of notebook paper with a paperclip in the top left corner and an orange and pink butterfly in the bottom right corner. The blue and white Camp NaNoWriMo logo is in the bottom left corner. The text on the notebook paper reads: ““Eyes on your own paper! The grass is always greener on the other side, and it’s easy to get caught up in looking at what other people are doing. But worrying about other people and their work just takes away from focusing on our own projects.” —Kristina Forest”