Really, criticism hurts. It does, and no matter how much you sugar-coat it, it still hurts. Someone criticized the story of one of my character, and as sweet and polite as she was, it still stung like hell.
But that's when you put on your big girl panties and take it, because it's the only way you're going to improve.
Also, I spent a loooooong time hanging around these parts before I wrote my character. I have to admit, seeing other people's mistakes has saved me from making a lot of my own.
Basically this. I remember after my first poetry workshop, I came home in tears and telling my husband that I doubted my career path, that I didn't know what to do with life anymore, that I was just lost. And then, after I got all that out, I applied the criticism and received rave reviews from my professor. Because that is what criticism is for: to improve your work.
And yeah, I've found the more I read here, the better my characters are, simply because I learn so much.
Very, very nicely put. You took a risk laying yourself bare there (I admit to cringing or giggling a few times during the explanation of your warlock), and I think it supports your point well.
I've taken college-level art courses that utilized some harsh criticism that, when I first heard it, I was stung by. Dammit, I'm trying my hardest!, I'd say. Isn't anything good enough for you people?!?
...And then I loosened up and actually applied what they said, and my art improved by leaps and bounds.
I haven't been in one of those classes in quite a while now, and I miss it dearly. I miss that feedback, that constructive criticism, because my art grows very slowly now compared to the light speed jumps made under those harsh lights.
I've said before and I'll say it again, I'd love to find a community of people who are looking to improve their flags. Instead of strangers posting the flags, they'd do it themselves and get feedback from peers. If something like this exists and I missed it, please let me know.
XD Yeah, she was bad. And nobody bothered telling me how bad she was, so when I started losing RP and having people back away from me, I assumed it was them. When I first told my RP partner on WrA about her (we'd been comparing bad RP concepts for about an hour), there was dead silence for several minutes before she said, "...yeah, nothing I've done has ever been quite that bad." And in that moment, I realized "...maybe it wasn't them. Maybe it was me."
And I wish such a community existed, too, though at the same time, I don't think it'd diminish the need for things like WCS or pottersues or other such communities. When I was playing Selvaggia, I thought there was nothing wrong with her and wouldn't have bothered posting her for critique, no matter how badly she needed it.
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I'm so glad I got to do that right off the bat.
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But that's when you put on your big girl panties and take it, because it's the only way you're going to improve.
Also, I spent a loooooong time hanging around these parts before I wrote my character. I have to admit, seeing other people's mistakes has saved me from making a lot of my own.
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And yeah, I've found the more I read here, the better my characters are, simply because I learn so much.
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I've taken college-level art courses that utilized some harsh criticism that, when I first heard it, I was stung by. Dammit, I'm trying my hardest!, I'd say. Isn't anything good enough for you people?!?
...And then I loosened up and actually applied what they said, and my art improved by leaps and bounds.
I haven't been in one of those classes in quite a while now, and I miss it dearly. I miss that feedback, that constructive criticism, because my art grows very slowly now compared to the light speed jumps made under those harsh lights.
I've said before and I'll say it again, I'd love to find a community of people who are looking to improve their flags. Instead of strangers posting the flags, they'd do it themselves and get feedback from peers. If something like this exists and I missed it, please let me know.
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And I wish such a community existed, too, though at the same time, I don't think it'd diminish the need for things like WCS or pottersues or other such communities. When I was playing Selvaggia, I thought there was nothing wrong with her and wouldn't have bothered posting her for critique, no matter how badly she needed it.
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