Talk:Fame and Misfortune/@comment-188360-20170504144251/@comment-10390252-20170504151040

It was a plot device in season 4, IIRC. However (and this is the point), The Cutie Re-Mark shows  that Twilight has been using the experiences of her, her friends and their kin as examples to teach The Magic of Friendship to others. It would make sense that she would publish a suitably-edited (to spare blushes) version of the Journal as a self-help aid.

FWIW, I suspect that this episode is basically the writers striking back against fans who dislike the work of certain of their colleagues and emphasise some writers as 'better' than others. If that's the case, that's sad, self-deluding and possibly destructive to the quality of the show.