http://www.jeremiahtolbert.com/2009/04/on-handling-criticism/ Writing | Photography | Web Design Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:48:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.jeremiahtolbert.com/2009/04/on-handling-criticism/comment-page-1/#comment-134689 Diane Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:01:27 +0000 http://www.jeremiahtolbert.com/?p=1080#comment-134689 Thanks, Jeremiah, for this post! This is something I needed to read. I don't react well to negative criticism either and good practical tips on how to deal with it are well appreciated! Thanks, Jeremiah, for this post! This is something I needed to read. I don’t react well to negative criticism either and good practical tips on how to deal with it are well appreciated!

]]> http://www.jeremiahtolbert.com/2009/04/on-handling-criticism/comment-page-1/#comment-134162 Black Gate » Blog Archive » Views Re Reviews Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:38:39 +0000 http://www.jeremiahtolbert.com/?p=1080#comment-134162 [...] I’ve been bracing myself for the inevitable Memo to Morlock: YOU SUCK!!!! sort of review. It’s axiomatic that snarling at critics just makes the writer look worse, so I’m trying to figure out in advance ways that I can cope. (We’ve all seen how these things go. The writer begins by politely justifying his use of colons on p. 58, and before long the whole business resembles an informal colonoscopy of a wholly different sort.) Coincidentally, I ran across a link to this essay on “How to Handle Criticism” (mentioned, with comments, by Jeremiah Tolbert here). [...] […] I’ve been bracing myself for the inevitable Memo to Morlock: YOU SUCK!!!! sort of review. It’s axiomatic that snarling at critics just makes the writer look worse, so I’m trying to figure out in advance ways that I can cope. (We’ve all seen how these things go. The writer begins by politely justifying his use of colons on p. 58, and before long the whole business resembles an informal colonoscopy of a wholly different sort.) Coincidentally, I ran across a link to this essay on “How to Handle Criticism” (mentioned, with comments, by Jeremiah Tolbert here). […]

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