tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22702204.post6653018737642030957..comments2023-06-14T07:29:02.294-06:00Comments on LuAnn's Library: Wisdom Keys: Never Spend More Time on a Critic Than You Would Give to a FriendUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22702204.post-21241388177757300842010-09-03T02:28:54.752-06:002010-09-03T02:28:54.752-06:00Criticism is always hard to take, but I have two t...Criticism is always hard to take, but I have two thoughts that I hope will be helpful. 1) For anyone involved in the arts, criticism is part of the job. They can count on it as sure as death and taxes. And the more successful a writer is, the more criticism they will receive. (Have you seen the shockingly horrible things said about every best-selling author?) So I think it's imperative for writers to be able to be tough and take the heat. 2) Criticism, hopefully given constructively but often not, really is necessary to make us better at what we do. Even when we think we've worked our hardest and done our very, very best, it's often the criticism of another that, once we've calmed down and gotten over being offended, makes us take a second look with new eyes and realize that there really is a way to make it better.sdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15876563326181529934noreply@blogger.com