In the sentence, she makes it clear that she is not saying that it is necessary to become a “devouring ego” in order to be a good writer. In the next sentence, she labels the “devouring ego” a “myth of the masculine artist and thinker,” and that she does not “accept it.” From her double assertion, it is clear that her stance on the “devouring ego” is one of “emphatic disapproval,” which is D.