The Terror of Being Known

It could be a mentor you know you need advice from, it could be a teacher trying to grade your work, it could be a beta reader helping you spy the plot holes and mistakes in your writing, or a boss at a studio trying to get the best product for their client. Whoever it is, whatever it is, the process of providing your work up to be critiqued feels a little like offering up a lamb to slaughter.

And it’s usually terrifying.