Whose Opinion Matters

List of People Whose Opinion on Your Writing Doesn’t Matter

Your mother, father, or any of your siblings.
Your spouse or your in-laws.
Your own children.
Your BFFs.
Your high school English teacher.
Your college English teacher.
A fancy writer who said once in a talk you remember not to write about fairies.
All the agents who have rejected you.
Someone offering to take your money to give you a blurb, review, or to fix your grammar and “edit” your manuscript for submission.
Your writing group.

List of People Whose Opinion on Your Writing Does Matter:

You
Possibly: your agent or editor.