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I can't stop listening to the V for Vendetta soundtrack at this point, which makes this the second Dario Marianelli score in a row that I've gotten hooked on. I'm even to the point in my predictably cyclical obsessions where I would like to listen to something else, maybe some nice Garbage or at least something with guitars and maybe even some ( Read more... )
Yep, that pretty much describes me. :)
I would seriously be surprised if most writers didn't react in the same way to even a few negative comments. Even in the discussion of a class-critiqued short story I wrote, I got, like, one slightly negative comment from the 30-person class, and I immediately started a) telling myself I couldn't believe I'd turned the story in without working another 5 hours on it; and b) trying to justify the criticized passage to the person who made the comment. Which, you know, isn't very productive or awesome, but that's how we're built.
Anyway, you should keep remembering that it's worth something. Heck, I still remember how I laughed like a FOOL when I found King Arthur in 15 Minutes (the first I read) and went back and read it again, still chuckling, and sent it to my 2 friends who'd seen the movie with me, because it was SO. FUNNY. And I still laugh when I read it or think of certain lines. So, hey - screw the critics! Learn from constructive criticism, yes - but mostly just stay true to your writing and yourself and you'll be a winn-ah. :)
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