We love it, we hate it, often we don't know what to do with what people tell us about our work. To be able to listen to it, to gain from it, there are some things we have to do.
Thanks so much for posting this. I've been a freelance editor for a while now, so I'm frequently on the "editing and suggesting" side of things.
I recently got feedback from a few beta readers on a novel I'm working on, and it's a totally different experience. It's hard. I so appreciate the input but absorbing all the suggestions and deciding what to do with them, especially when my story has already gone through half a dozen iterations and I see how much more work it needs, is intimidating.
Honestly, I've been ignoring it. Your post has reminded me that I need to get to work.
Love these real-world examples here, and love reading about the kids in the writing program.
thanks so much.
Thanks so much for posting this. I've been a freelance editor for a while now, so I'm frequently on the "editing and suggesting" side of things.
I recently got feedback from a few beta readers on a novel I'm working on, and it's a totally different experience. It's hard. I so appreciate the input but absorbing all the suggestions and deciding what to do with them, especially when my story has already gone through half a dozen iterations and I see how much more work it needs, is intimidating.
Honestly, I've been ignoring it. Your post has reminded me that I need to get to work.
(It's not going to write itself.) 😊
No, it never writes itself, lol. That's the beauty of it, though.