Criticisms Part Deux

Many thanks for all the words of encouragement. I'll print them out to remind myself that I can in fact do something(s) right.

Sorry for the uproar. When only a few people responded to the critiques, being in a black mood already I assumed that everyone agreed with them. Now I realize that only a few people read them. My fault for not realizing exactly how LJ works.

It's true, self-doubt can maim if not kill. Lots of creative people suffer from it. We don't live in a society that values cr...