Firestarter wrote: I tend to distrust praise.
*jumps on THAT wagon*
People who give blind praise make me think that that cannot possibly have any idea about what writing is all about... I am my worst critic.
Criticsm is such a wonderful thing... really... seriously, I'm being honest =P People can grow and change through what other people give them in crits, constructive or not. The non-constructive ones just re-inforce that not everyone is going to like your work, quite possibly for no real reason.
That said, I often find myself thinking (or ranting) "What? As IF?!? That was totally what I did not mean, and I cannot believe you said that about something that actually took me TIME to write" - this hasn't happened so much here... and I don't tend to spend too much time on anything I write -it shows - but still... I do understand.
I think it will take time for you to accept that there are different opinions; the crits, harsh or no, come with that. I find the best weapon is humour, I enjoy not only laughing at things but myself and others this helps loads. I turn a harsh crit into humour and I'm fine. I, myself *waif-like pout and frailty*, had a crit like that from Incandescence, I honestly couldn't stop laughing... It was so silly!
Humour and a thick skin love, Life Lessons
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