How To Take Criticism Of Your Writing

Now, we always give advice on how to crit, but, as we discussed earlier, perhaps it is more important to discuss how to receive crits. Personally, if one receives a crit that tells you, "Your basic idea is all wrong," how should you take this?

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1. Get some perspective. I look at something else that same person has critted. I read the piece and then the critter's opinion. Often, I'll find that I disagree just as much with that critter's evaluation of the other person's work as of my o...