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Is there a requirement for this effect to work that you publish your writing, exposing it to external scrutiny? Neither you nor pg explicitly say this, but it

• goldfeld 5y ago
  When exposing makes you consider the audience thoughtfully, yes, it's a whole other game then. It's so common for me that I think some part or a piece of writing is fine. But when I consider posting it, or submitting to a literary contest, suddenly I see that piece, naked, before the panelists, and it's a poor show. Not until I make that decision does my brain stop furninishing mental decorators to dress up the rags which I'd been subconsciously overlooking, or was simply worried about other more pressing issues elsewhere.
• webmaven 5y ago
  > Is there a requirement for this effect to work that you publish your writing, exposing it to external scrutiny? It isn't the publication that confers this particular benefit, if that's what you are asking, but the threat of publication. But the threat needs to be credible to confer the benefit. Whether the threat can remain credible if the work is never published probably differs from person to person.