When a creative work is created by one person it can be an uncompromising vision.

As soon as a second voice is added it changes character fundamentally.

The more the power differential has no gradient the more it becomes consensus.

No one voice can override the others to have a consistent point of view, and all that is possible is a point of view that is the average of the collaborators.

But a way out is for the collaborators to have a high-trust relationship, where they can see how the synthesis of their two strengths is better than either alone.

Do you trust your collaborator enough that you assume their pull will improve your result?