I get that this is beside the point, but it might make the author to feel better to know that writers are no less prone to same character flaw of becoming overl

I get that this is beside the point, but it might make the author to feel better to know that writers are no less prone to same character flaw of becoming overly attached to their own implementation of an idea, often to their detriment in the marketplace. Hence the common advice to writers that you must "kill your babies".