Okay, you know I already adored you as a writer, right? I adore you even more now. This totally sums up my feelings, only you put it across far more articulately than I ever could. Even right down to the acknowledgement that it does hurt sometimes, but you have to weigh the decisions.
Thank you! And yes, it does hurt sometimes. But it's a pain that does help with growth, I do truly believe that. Because none of us are perfect. I'm working on How To Plot right now, and SW has been very helpful with that, and I'm also still not as good at describing places as I'd like, as I'm still combating my tendency to do the whole 'they are in a random white room with no furniture' thing. And when people point out places where I failed, it helps me clarify what I need to work on. And even if I decide that they're wrong in this instance (for whatever reason), it's still made me take a closer look at my work.
If you decide to walk out in public with an ugly t-shirt, expect people to say something. I even use my flames as concrit. Seriously.
I haven't, as of yet, gotten anything that I would call a flame (probably partly because I don't, in general, put my fanfic on display -- I just post it and wait for interested parties to find it), but I definitely agree in principle and hope that I would be as wise as you are.
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Okay, you know I already adored you as a writer, right? I adore you even more now. This totally sums up my feelings, only you put it across far more articulately than I ever could. Even right down to the acknowledgement that it does hurt sometimes, but you have to weigh the decisions.
Thank you! And yes, it does hurt sometimes. But it's a pain that does help with growth, I do truly believe that. Because none of us are perfect. I'm working on How To Plot right now, and SW has been very helpful with that, and I'm also still not as good at describing places as I'd like, as I'm still combating my tendency to do the whole 'they are in a random white room with no furniture' thing. And when people point out places where I failed, it helps me clarify what I need to work on. And even if I decide that they're wrong in this instance (for whatever reason), it's still made me take a closer look at my work.
If you decide to walk out in public with an ugly t-shirt, expect people to say something. I even use my flames as concrit. Seriously.
I haven't, as of yet, gotten anything that I would call a flame (probably partly because I don't, in general, put my fanfic on display -- I just post it and wait for interested parties to find it), but I definitely agree in principle and hope that I would be as wise as you are.