{"id":106,"date":"2014-12-09T20:48:15","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T20:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.giftkone.com\/blog3\/?p=106"},"modified":"2014-12-09T20:48:15","modified_gmt":"2014-12-09T20:48:15","slug":"taking-criticism-like-a-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/site.giftkone.com\/blog3\/taking-criticism-like-a-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking Criticism LIKE A BOSS"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Criticism<\/a>
Nicole Mac Arthur<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

No matter what kind of artist you are\u2014painter, sculptor, animator, musician, and, of course, writer<\/em>\u2014you\u2019re going to receive criticism at some point in your career. In fact, you\u2019re going to receive criticism as long as you are creating something that is subjective to each individual who crosses the path of your works. I\u2019m not going to lie, the criticism is going to hurt, and sometimes it\u2019s going to hurt so badly you\u2019ll question what you\u2019re doing and even consider quitting. There are some talented artists out there who have quit due to someone else\u2019s critical remarks.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not here to tell you that the criticism is going to magically disappear someday, or that everyone will come to know the genius of your work in time, because that simply isn\u2019t the case. You, my friend, are an artist, and as such that title comes with certain harsh realities. With the possibility of great success there is also the possibility of great failure\u2014you\u2019ve just got to learn how to pick yourself up after you\u2019ve been knocked down.<\/p>\n

So, how do you, a talent artist<\/em>, take other people\u2019s negative comments about your work in stride? Understand that what you do is subjective to the tastes of others\u2014some people may love your work and others may hate it. That\u2019s art. I know it\u2019s difficult, but you can\u2019t let yourself be discouraged by the opinions of others.<\/p>\n

So you found someone who hates your work; you\u2019ll find ten others who\u2019ll think it\u2019s absolutely brilliant. You\u2019ve just got to keep on keeping on and you\u2019ll find people who will appreciate your hard work.<\/p>\n

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CONSTRUTIVE CRITICISM<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Once you get the hang of it, sloughing off negative comments about your work becomes easy; however, there is a certain type of criticism that one should not take so lightly. It\u2019s not much of a punch line after the bold heading above, but what I\u2019m talking about is constructive criticism<\/em>. Speaking as an author who has gone through the editing process twice, it\u2019s sometimes difficult to be told \u201cI don\u2019t like when your character does this\u201d or \u201cthis part really slowed down the story and made it less interesting\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ugh! My poor heart!<\/p>\n

But again, even suggested content edits are subjective. One person may really like a scene, while another person may think it slows down the pace of the book. If you don\u2019t completely agree with the constructive criticism being offered, get the opinions of others. My rule is, if I hear the same piece of constructive criticism from two different people, I consider changing it. If I hear the same piece of constructive criticism from more than two people, I will<\/em> change it.<\/p>\n

Remember, first and foremost, constructive criticism is not meant to discourage you, it\u2019s meant to help you improve. Take what you learn and apply it to make your writing even more awesome than it already is\u2014you\u2019ll be surprised at how much your stories will improve once you do!<\/p>\n

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As far as mean comments go, ignore them. \u201cHaters gonna hate\u201d, as they say. Never let anyone discourage you from doing the things that you love because there are people out there who will appreciate your tireless efforts\u2014all you have to do is keep working hard and never give up! On a less cheesy note, you\u2019re haters are going to feel really stupid about dissing you once you\u2019re rich and famous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No matter what kind of artist you are\u2014painter, sculptor, animator, musician, and, of course, writer\u2014you\u2019re going to receive criticism at some point in your career. In fact, you\u2019re going to receive criticism as long as you are creating something that is subjective to each individual who crosses the path of your works. I\u2019m not going … Continue reading Taking Criticism LIKE A BOSS<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[3],"tags":[18],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/site.giftkone.com\/blog3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/site.giftkone.com\/blog3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/site.giftkone.com\/blog3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/site.giftkone.com\/blog3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/site.giftkone.com\/blog3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/site.giftkone.com\/blog3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111,"href":"http:\/\/site.giftkone.com\/blog3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions\/111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/site.giftkone.com\/blog3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/site.giftkone.com\/blog3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/site.giftkone.com\/blog3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}