Envy is a universal thing, and I would go so far as to say if you are a conscious, sentient being of any sort (I wouldn’t dare discriminate against self-aware computer systems, alien lifeforms, and anything else along those lines), you have experienced some form of envy at one point or another. I mean, you’re welcome to disagree to your heart’s content. You know, in the same way I can point at you disagreeing and laugh derisively.
However, these are the seven deadly sins of writing and not the seven deadly sins applied to everything, ever, in the history of ever (because while that would give me loads of blogging potential, it would get tired and I would get tired and, frankly, no one would enjoy that; free torture for all?). Just to get this out of the way: I actually dreaded writing this particular entry, because it’s one of the bigger ones (let’s be honest, here; writing Lust is going to make me want to jump off a bridge, too), and there’s so much Envy entails it’ll take a good bit of writing to begin with. And then possibly self-immolation. Who knows? This will take a look at how writers can be envious of other writers’ success, their writing, their following (hoo boy), and so on.
Phil's Misadventures In Fiction 