He is a writer. He makes the rest of them nervous.
Joe Jones
Writing
A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.
Jane Austen
The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.
John Steinbeck
What it means May contain spoilers.
Our interpretation.
Putting thoughts in writing exposes them: muddled thinking and dishonesty are hard to hide on the page and reveal themselves.
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I have done, this year, what I said I would: overcome my fear of facing a blank page day after day, acknowledging myself, in my deepest emotions, a writer, come what may.
Sylvia Plath
What it means May contain spoilers.
Our interpretation.
The speaker celebrates returning to the blank page and accepting an identity as a writer despite uncertainty. The final line is a retained uncertain journal note; it does not establish authorship.
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