On the Comparison Trap

Listen, writers, we need to talk.

As lonely as writing can be, sometimes it can be even lonelier when you see your writing buddies or role models slapping down more words and publishing more successful books than you are.

It’s easy to forget we’re unique. That we have circumstances or skills or brains different from everyone else. That our writing process and outputshouldbe different from everyone’s.

And yet.

We often find ourselves believing that if we don’t write or edit or outline like som...