The past month has been abuzz with speculation about Elena Ferrante's real identity, which makes this month's publication of her reflections on writing even more significant.
Which brings me to the second way of understanding the whole document: as a much rawer and more fragmented reflection on the act of writing itself, the excruciating difficulty of carrying the practice forward — properly and rigorously forward — in an age of data saturation.
However, the perceived value of writing reflection reports was limited, which is understandable.
The Times was much taken by Mr Amis's not especially original reflections about the impossibility of writing successfully about sex in a novel.
Also seeing publication was a notable collection of shorter pieces, Forty-one False Starts: Essays on Artists and Writers by Janet Malcolm, which included both profiles and the author's reflections on the difficulties of writing them.
The purpose of writing the reflection journal is to encourage and record self-reflection about how learning took place and what was learned.
Although some schools do offer an option of writing a reflection paper, it seems to be treated as a sanction along with probation and other disciplinary actions.
"Let's not condemn a 12-year-old boy who became a 'spokesperson' for an ingrained stereotype and a reflection of inequality," wrote another.
In the past couple of years of writing these reflections, my starting point has been with my intention.
I would take this opportunity to apologize for not being able to fulfill my commitment of writing they reflections daily as I had done in my first three years of writing.
