{"id":772,"date":"2024-04-03T11:01:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T10:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewriteword.co.uk\/?p=772"},"modified":"2024-04-06T23:21:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T22:21:44","slug":"can-you-take-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewriteword.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/04\/03\/can-you-take-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you take criticism?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"772\" class=\"elementor elementor-772\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2084154d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2084154d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4166d9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4166d9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Can You Take Criticism?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d52bacb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d52bacb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-794 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thewriteword.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mistakes-1756958_1280-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewriteword.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mistakes-1756958_1280-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thewriteword.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mistakes-1756958_1280-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thewriteword.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mistakes-1756958_1280-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thewriteword.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mistakes-1756958_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Image by Anne Karakash from Pixabay<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: var(--text-align);\">This is a question you must ask yourself if you want to be a writer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>By nature, we humans have an opinion and no matter where you are, there is always an abundance of people ready to tell you theirs.<\/p>\n<p>This applies tenfold to writers. You see, once you publish something, it\u2019s out there, and no matter how hard you try, there is no taking it back, so what do you do if people don\u2019t like it?<\/p>\n<p>Well, to be honest; there isn\u2019t much you can do, besides lie in bed and cry while eating a tub of ice cream. (No? Just me?)<\/p>\n<p>But there are things you can do before you publish&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Like, hire an editor.<\/p>\n<p>However, this leads us back to the title of this article&#8230; Can you take criticism?<\/p>\n<p>You see, when you let an editor look at your work, you\u2019re not paying them to stroke your ego and tell you how good it is. You are paying them to spot mistakes and tell you how to improve it.<\/p>\n<p>Now let\u2019s be honest, no one, myself included, likes to be told their work isn\u2019t up to scratch, but there is a lot of truth to the saying that no one can spot their own mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>When you write, you know what the words are supposed to say and you know all the back story.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s all mapped out in your head.<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t need to think about the colour of someone\u2019s hair or what the weather was like, or how cold the room was because you know. Unfortunately, it\u2019s all too easy to forget that the reader doesn\u2019t know these things. They are waiting for you to tell them.<\/p>\n<p>When you hire an editor, you are paying them to tell you the things you forgot.<\/p>\n<p>But are you prepared to listen?<\/p>\n<p>Well, to be frank, if you want to get anywhere as a writer, you have no choice.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, you are free to tell them they were no help and your book doesn\u2019t need more description or sentence structure changes; but where will that get you?<\/p>\n<p>The life of a writer is an uphill journey. There are always new things to learn and people who know more than you. You just have to be open to their help. Maybe you won\u2019t agree with everything they say. I know I\u2019ve rejected some&nbsp;editor suggestions in the past. But if you don\u2019t at least think about their comments, you might miss something important.<\/p>\n<p>So&#8230; personally, I\u2019m the kind of writer who wants my work to be the best it can be and I\u2019ll accept any help I can get along the way.<\/p>\n<p>But what kind of writer are you?<\/p>\n<p>Can you take criticism?<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"pld-like-dislike-wrap pld-template-1\">\r\n    <div class=\"pld-like-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\r\n    <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" class=\"pld-like-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger  \" title=\"\" data-post-id=\"772\" data-trigger-type=\"like\" data-restriction=\"cookie\" data-already-liked=\"0\">\r\n                        <i class=\"fas fa-thumbs-up\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n    <span class=\"pld-like-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\">    <\/span>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"pld-dislike-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\r\n    <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" class=\"pld-dislike-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger  \" title=\"\" data-post-id=\"772\" data-trigger-type=\"dislike\" data-restriction=\"cookie\" data-already-liked=\"0\">\r\n                        <i class=\"fas fa-thumbs-down\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n    <span class=\"pld-dislike-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\"><\/span>\r\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can You Take Criticism? &nbsp; Image by Anne Karakash from Pixabay This is a question you must ask yourself if you want to be a writer. 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