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[cleolinda]

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

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[christigilly]

Since you don't want the whole "Those people suck, you rock. They're stupid, you're brilliant" thing (even though it's true), I'll just say this:

Just about everyone's brain works like that, unfortunately. It's easy to remember the bad comments, but hard to remember the good - or, rather, overpower the bad with the good.

[cleolinda]

Well, not that I don't appreciate the sentiment; I just think that blatant emo "ZOMG VALIDATE ME" entries suck. : )

[lady_ravenlocke]

Because I can't be the only writer who feels such deep, crippling fear that she can't even open Word in the morning.

You totally aren't the only one. I've been dealing with this for quite awhile now. I'm still trying to work through it. Thank you for giving this aspiring writer hope.

[lucky_guess]

As someone that knows how the human brain works... kinda... (I'm a psychologist), I can assure you that this is exactly the way that we work. We pick out the negative stuff, remember it more, and weight it heavier and more important than the positive stuff. That, and if there is less of anything it tends to stick out a little more to us -- sort of the whole "one of these things is not like the other" deal.

So, in other words, it's perfectly ok to feel this way.

*pats*

[cleolinda]

Hee, thanks. : )

[theferrett]

Like I've said to others, if there are people who hate Shakespeare, what hope do you have? You cannot write well enough to please everybody. Period.

So fuck 'em. I liked it. Though I loved your graphical representation.

[cleolinda]

if there are people who hate Shakespeare, what hope do you have?

Dude, exactly. I don't even know if it's a matter of writing well enough--some book might objectively be the best ever written in the history of humankind and there would still be *someone* who hated it. People are just wired so many different ways, I guess is what I'm trying to get myself to believe. And in the vein of what you're saying, I just talked to three people who don't like chocolate this last week. If chocolate doesn't have a 100% approval rating, what hope can we mortals have?

[xyla82]

People who don't like chocolate scare me.
And those people who don't drink tea or coffee - they leave me at an absolute loss. I mean what are you supposed to do at afternoon tea time then? eh??? eh?????? Or when you want to "go out for coffee"
It's just strange and alarming.

[artificialamore]

I think, despite the emotional knock you took, that you have dealt with the bad reviews in an amazing fashion. It shows both that you are years ahead of your peers, and that you really are a good sport.

I loved it, sincerly, and I hope to see more once you've left the "safety corner". :)