I came at it from the viewpoint of someone who likes to beta read. Doing beta lies somewhere between just leaving a review on a story and the job of an editor, I think. I'm happy with that level of responsibility. As you said, constructive feedback can be powerful if it ends up changing the work.
I was nodding mentally all the way through your post. Especially about making feedback personal. If I ever find I've left feedback that speaks in wildly broad terms, I know I've been dishonest without meaning to be, usually in an attempt to browbeat the writer or make myself feel superior. I go back and change the sentences to start with 'I'. It invariably results in something more real and useful.
That reaction->reason->reality process took me a while to understand. I've been treating reason and reality as the same step. I'll try separating them when I give my next beta and see if that helps. I still don't entirely understand reality. Ho, that was an unintended metaphor and a half. But I suppose reality means concrete examples?
Your link to your taking criticism post doesn't work, unfortunately.
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I came at it from the viewpoint of someone who likes to beta read. Doing beta lies somewhere between just leaving a review on a story and the job of an editor, I think. I'm happy with that level of responsibility. As you said, constructive feedback can be powerful if it ends up changing the work.
I was nodding mentally all the way through your post. Especially about making feedback personal. If I ever find I've left feedback that speaks in wildly broad terms, I know I've been dishonest without meaning to be, usually in an attempt to browbeat the writer or make myself feel superior. I go back and change the sentences to start with 'I'. It invariably results in something more real and useful.
That reaction->reason->reality process took me a while to understand. I've been treating reason and reality as the same step. I'll try separating them when I give my next beta and see if that helps. I still don't entirely understand reality. Ho, that was an unintended metaphor and a half. But I suppose reality means concrete examples?
Your link to your taking criticism post doesn't work, unfortunately.