In my experience, people will give you the space that you ask for. You just have to make your priorities clear. If they get butthurt, that’s just them putting their need to shoot the shit over your need to get work done. Recognize that disrespect for what it is, ignore them, and move on.

At this point, it should go without saying: you have to make your writing a priority. No one else will if you don’t.

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