Writers often feel vulnerable when sharing their journals.

Evidence

And yet, we may have to take the most care of all in reading these books; because they are written by men and women whose words we are used to judging, we tend to put them to an aesthetic test we spare most of the other diaries in this book. — Thomas Mallon, A Book of Ones Own People and Their…, 435

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Thomas Mallon, A Book of Ones Own People and Their…, 435
• XREF: connects to: Diaries can expose the complexities of a writer’s creative process. — Thomas Mallon, A Book of Ones Own People and Their…, 435; Writing too eagerly about loved ideas can carry real professional and social costs — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 910; Women writers conform to proven values because they fear displeasing — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1945

Broader Connections

• Diaries can expose the complexities of a writer’s creative process. #expands (0.60) — Thomas Mallon, A Book of Ones Own People and Their…, 435