Harold, your post is timely. What a wonderful collection of finds from you, Richard, and Mukesh's blog post - "I can also see the evolution of my thinking over time as I have documented my thinking on the blog on similar topic over time." This temporal aspect and benefit of one's own writing reinforces our writing/voice fingerprint.

If I had a quarter for when during this week a friend or colleague in a workshop or cohort-based course perhaps unintentionally chose to short-circuit their own inward discovery through writing, I'd at least be able to by a medium sized fancy coffee drink.

By the way, I am currently reading Gaiman's "The View from the Cheap Seats" (in Part III) and his own writing, reflections of his writing, as well as how he opines on other writers and creators is wonderful.