Ego searching on one's work

[scarlettina]

It's dreadful to find bad reviews of one's work online. As an editor, I hated it when reviewers didn't like a book by one of my authors; I always felt responsible, as if I was being told I missed something important. And then I'd go for days reminding myself that book reviewing is a subjective art, what works for some doesn't work for others, and

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[bedii]

Remember that when Burt Lancaster and Richard Brooks were developing the Elmer Gantry script Sinclair Lewis told Lancaster "Don't forget to look at the reviews that came out on publication. There were some pretty good reviewers then and they said useful things." The key here, I'd say, would be to look over past work by the reviewer before taking their opinions to heart--Lewis had the luxury (?) of being reviewed by Mencken, a ship that has sailed.

[prettyshrub]

Opinion really is often just opinion.

Short of obvious stuff like horrible grammar.

Just because I like science fiction doesn't mean I automatically like ALL science fiction.

As someone who hates to hear negative commentary on pretty much anything I do, I spend lots of time reminding myself that opinion is just opinion, and I should look for concrete, 'this can be fixed' sort of problems.

Most of the time, it is just an opinion. Even if I have to spend hours convincing myself of that.

*HUGS*

[oldmangrumpus]

He probably didn't like cuz you're a girl. Screw him.