This post is probably more worthy of twitter than here, but fuck it. Sometimes rants needs more then 140 characters.
If you ask for feedback and don’t like what you hear please feel free NOT to get pissed off at me and provide me with a bunch of bullshit excuses. You asked and I told you what I thought. In fact I provided you with better customer service then you provided me because my service was delivered in a timely and prompt fashion. Just take it on the chin mate (remember you asked) and either do something constructive with the feedback or ignore it as the ravings of a nutter. Personally, I don’t give a shit. I’m not coming back.
Same goes for authors. I’m getting tired of seeing writers asking for honest feedback and then cracking the sads when it doesn’t meet their own highly inflated opinion of their art. And no Mr Writer, it’s not me that’s the problem.
All I’m saying is stop asking if you’re not prepared to listen.
Hey Mondy I have this story…lol
hehehehe. Though I’m sure you’d accept the crit and not babble on about how brilliant you actually are.
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It’s funny, I’ve been seeing a lot on “giving and receiving feedback” lately (possibly because I’ve been seeking feedback on a story and I’ve just been noticing feedback being mentioned because it is front of mind).
I had a hilarious conversation with my brother a few weeks ago when I asked him to have a look at a story, and he essentially said “do you want me to tell you it’s great, or do you want me to actually critique it? Happy to do either”.
I can only imagine that when some people ask for feedback they are actually just looking for validation. Although it baffles me about why you’d bother – surely the main purpose of seeking feedback is to make your story better?
Having said that, it is nice when someone mentions something nice about your work in amongst all the opportunities for improvement!
Perhaps it helps that I have a highly deflated opinion of my art?
-m
ps I am happy to babble on about how brilliant I am in other aspects of life though. Don’t try critiquing my ability to eat a 1 litre tub of Ultra Chocolate ice-cream in one sitting when it is 40 degrees in Sydney, for instance. Your negative comments will be wrong. Just plain wrong.
Name names, bb.
I agree with crankynick. How else is Andrew Bolt going to grow as a writer if he won’t take your feedback?