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When personal writing becomes unwanted public revelation

I wrote an essay about my divorce and my ex-husband found it and now I feel exposed in a way that makes me want to delete everything.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The vulnerability required for authentic writing collides with the reality of uncontrolled audiences.

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