Me: Do you like writing?
Them: Not really. I have ideas and opinions but no, not really. I compare myself to others like me, that write about the subjects I want to write about. I think so many of them are so well read. More well read than me. I try to get my style like their style, but it’s hard.
Me: Do you think you’d like writing if you didn’t compare yourself to others like you, that write about the subjects you want to write about? And just write in your own unique style about what you actually think?
Them: Course!
Me. Just do that then.
Them: Oh. OK.