Week 8 Comments and Feedback

Most of the feedback that I have received has been nice. I get complements and questions mostly, which I guess is better than mostly receiving criticism--not that I think anyone in this class would comment just to be rude. I've gotten some constructive criticism, but it's not very prevalent. 

I don't know if I don't get more suggestions because people like my stories the way they are, or if it's because, like me, people are nervous to point out the things they didn't like about my stories. I try to only point something out if I was genuinely confused, or if I think that a person can improve one aspect of their story without changing the overall tone. It's hard to remember to give people positive critiques without stealing their voice or tone and making it more like yours. 

I do appreciate the feedback and comments that I get because I have such a weird relationship with the things I write/make. I want to be proud of them, but I'm never entirely sure that they're god until someone else tells me they like it. On the one hand, I know it's good to be secure in your own creations. On the other hand, you can never be fully objective about your own writing, so it's good to have someone else tell you what is good and what can be better, someone who isn't so close to it. 

I hope that the feedback I give other people is constructive. I can think of a few people's stories where I did more than just point out what I liked about their writing, and actually made suggestions for improvement. I hope that they didn't feel like I was trying to diminish their own personal writing style, or replace it with my own. I really want to make sure that any suggestions that I make are actually helpful. Of course, people don't have to do anything they way that I suggest to do it, but I just want them to pay attention to why I point something out so that they can find a way to improve it their own way. 

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