This was so good. And it doesn't just apply to writing...this can be applied to giving and getting feedback in any career and in life! If you understand someone's vision, or if someone understands yours, you can help each other get better in order to reach that vision!
This is so spot-on. I can think back to the times when I have received notes.... and taken them poorly. Or had to *give* notes on a disaster in a stack of paper. I feel this.
Also kudos on identifying a topic for which there seems to be (shockingly) little written. Normally giving or receiving notes feels like such a solitary, isolating moment. Making it into a Thing, with strategies, methods and tropes, makes it feel so much more like just part of the process. It reminds us we're not the only ones to ever go through this, it is in fact, a crucial aspect of the craft.
This was so good. And it doesn't just apply to writing...this can be applied to giving and getting feedback in any career and in life! If you understand someone's vision, or if someone understands yours, you can help each other get better in order to reach that vision!
This is so spot-on. I can think back to the times when I have received notes.... and taken them poorly. Or had to *give* notes on a disaster in a stack of paper. I feel this.
Also kudos on identifying a topic for which there seems to be (shockingly) little written. Normally giving or receiving notes feels like such a solitary, isolating moment. Making it into a Thing, with strategies, methods and tropes, makes it feel so much more like just part of the process. It reminds us we're not the only ones to ever go through this, it is in fact, a crucial aspect of the craft.