Taking and Giving Feedback

[ljwrites]

I've finished Part 2 of Plot Versus Character (better than Part 1, but still frustrating in a number of ways) and am looking for enough free time to write out a full review. In the meantime, here are a couple of older posts of advice on taking and giving feedback, summarized below:

How to Take Criticism (LJ version has comments)

This post was written with the premise that you're trying to learn from feedback, Not that taking a non-learning approach to writing is bad in any way, but that the post was for those who have this interest.

( Summary of 6 main points )

How to Give Feedback (LJ version)

( Summary of 7 main points )

Agree? Disagree? What are your own experiences with feedback?

12-week creativity workshop, starting soon

[rejectionchallenge]

Mods, please delete this if it's inappropriate. I just wanted to see if anyone here was interested in restarting the 12-week creativity workshop based on Julia Cameron's classic The Artist's Way at the artistsway community. This workshop is being revived after a hiatus and will follow Cameron's program closely, but not exactly.

Posting will begin as soon as I find a copy of The Artist's Way, so between 1-2 weeks from now depending on whether I have to order one and wait for it to arrive. I live in kind of a bookstore desert. After that, we'll be posting updates at least weekly. There will be prompts and tasks, liberatory listmaking, Artist's Dates, painful but necessary affirmations, and lots more reminders to make time to write. If that sounds like something you might enjoy, or if you just want another place to talk about writing and other creative endeavors, let me know, or stop by artistsway.

Sorry again if this is the wrong kind of post for the community -- I'm happy to delete it myself if so, or to be deleted if that's quicker.