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There has to be insight born of hindsight. Otherwise, you're only confessing your sins and asking the reader to forgive you. And that is a complete misuse of the writer's power and unfair to the reader.

Meghan Daum
Forgiving, Asking, Sin
"On False Sentimentality, Womanhood, and Getting with the Program: A Conversation with Meghan Daum". Work in Progress interview, fsgworkinprogress.com.
There has to be insight born of hindsight. Otherwise, you're only confessing your sins and asking the reader to forgive you. And that is a complete misuse of the writer's power and unfair to the reader.