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I think listening to critique is a learned skill. It's really hard at first (and I know I had a hard time really taking in the first critiques that I received), but I think opening up to critique is something that can be learned, if someone wants to.
But that's definitely fair enough. I think another part of the process of critique that requires learning is when to ask for critique, and possibly what to ask for. I've had times when I'm really only open to certain kinds of comments but I did have certain areas I was worried about and wanted comments on, and when I've asked for that specifically it's turned out pretty well. And other times I've put something out there for any kind of critique, and gotten it, and completely rewritten the whole entire thing. (This was when I was writing original stuff.)
When critiquing, I usually try to give my first impression even if I go back and something makes complete sense on the second go-round. Because that's a tricky thing, you pay so much attention when critiquing, going over it and trying to make sure your comments make sense, but ordinary readers won't necessarily, so impressions from the first time through are important too. (When just reading, sometimes I miss things for any number of reasons...I have a tendency to skim without even realizing it every now and then, if the story isn't taking me where I want to go fast enough, and then sometimes I get pulled up short because I missed something. But sometimes I didn't miss it, it just wasn't there...and I do think that happens to every writer sometimes, the forgetting to put in something that's completely obvious to the writer but not to the reader. And sometimes leaving things out is for some sort of literary effect, or something, but that usually doesn't work for me...
As a writer, I think sometimes you do have to just accept that some things won't work for everyone. How far you're willing to go with that...that's a very personal decision, and it can be hard when a reader doesn't get it, or doesn't like it.
No, I've never heard that in the US. I don't know how wide-spread it is outside the US, but if you consider Microsoft (or any company or institution) as a group of people, it makes sense...
I actually took an acting class recently, for fun, and it was fun even though I'm really not suited to acting, as my reluctance to speak my words out loud probably shows. But I felt like I learned a lot from it.
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I think listening to critique is a learned skill. It's really hard at first (and I know I had a hard time really taking in the first critiques that I received), but I think opening up to critique is something that can be learned, if someone wants to.
But that's definitely fair enough. I think another part of the process of critique that requires learning is when to ask for critique, and possibly what to ask for. I've had times when I'm really only open to certain kinds of comments but I did have certain areas I was worried about and wanted comments on, and when I've asked for that specifically it's turned out pretty well. And other times I've put something out there for any kind of critique, and gotten it, and completely rewritten the whole entire thing. (This was when I was writing original stuff.)
When critiquing, I usually try to give my first impression even if I go back and something makes complete sense on the second go-round. Because that's a tricky thing, you pay so much attention when critiquing, going over it and trying to make sure your comments make sense, but ordinary readers won't necessarily, so impressions from the first time through are important too. (When just reading, sometimes I miss things for any number of reasons...I have a tendency to skim without even realizing it every now and then, if the story isn't taking me where I want to go fast enough, and then sometimes I get pulled up short because I missed something. But sometimes I didn't miss it, it just wasn't there...and I do think that happens to every writer sometimes, the forgetting to put in something that's completely obvious to the writer but not to the reader. And sometimes leaving things out is for some sort of literary effect, or something, but that usually doesn't work for me...
As a writer, I think sometimes you do have to just accept that some things won't work for everyone. How far you're willing to go with that...that's a very personal decision, and it can be hard when a reader doesn't get it, or doesn't like it.
No, I've never heard that in the US. I don't know how wide-spread it is outside the US, but if you consider Microsoft (or any company or institution) as a group of people, it makes sense...
I actually took an acting class recently, for fun, and it was fun even though I'm really not suited to acting, as my reluctance to speak my words out loud probably shows. But I felt like I learned a lot from it.