tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662203671583091505.post2252935046072442754..comments2023-11-05T05:59:33.041-05:00Comments on Sara McClung: Giving FeedbackSara {Rhapsody and Chaos}http://www.blogger.com/profile/09824996048264979275noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662203671583091505.post-43289975662759267442009-12-04T14:58:32.088-05:002009-12-04T14:58:32.088-05:00Thanks for pulling that out of your comments for u...Thanks for pulling that out of your comments for us. Brilliant advice.<br /><br />Your blog is beautiful, by the way :)Diana Pazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04368186068872293410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662203671583091505.post-41794775473765521262009-12-03T07:27:08.886-05:002009-12-03T07:27:08.886-05:00Yep, I agree with LKGG. And while I want to help, ...Yep, I agree with LKGG. And while I want to help, I have found that I can come across as.... cold? I edit for a living (nuts, innit, considering my abysmal, unproofed blogs) and I hate giving feedback to my own writers. It hurts their little feelings.<br /><br />That said, when someone has my work? I want 'em to be brutal. :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662203671583091505.post-21484854840954368232009-12-02T23:36:53.475-05:002009-12-02T23:36:53.475-05:00I'm not sure if this has come through yet in m...I'm not sure if this has come through yet in my blog, but I'm, uh, kinda opinionated. My struggle in giving critiques isn't with what to say, it's in how to say it so I don't sound like an @$$h01e. I really do respect and like my fellow writers, and I want the best for their work. So I have to be sure and give critiques that help them, not make their work fit my own aesthetic style.<br /><br />It's all about sensitivity, I suppose. But I'm a man. So I'm lacking in that department. Not sure what to do about that.<br /><br />Either way, I agree with what Madam LKGG said above: critiquing others' work makes your own better. Anything that teaches critical reading skills is good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662203671583091505.post-52736006774439821502009-12-02T22:42:49.203-05:002009-12-02T22:42:49.203-05:00This is very true and very good advice. It definit...This is very true and very good advice. It definitely takes practice to learn how to give advice like this and a lot of thick skin to learn how to recieve it, and then intuition to know when to accept it. Quite a dangerous game which is why I like to get as much feedback as possible. Different people will always see different things, but its when you get the same feedback across the board that you know its time to change things.Frankie Diane Mallishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06066659801542129040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662203671583091505.post-70542255408073781842009-12-02T21:07:15.530-05:002009-12-02T21:07:15.530-05:00This is great! I am always a little nervous about ...This is great! I am always a little nervous about critiquing people's work, as well - especially when it is a friend. I want to be honest, but tactful at the same time - which can be really hard to do if I want to get my point across!Anne Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15142671531881407934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662203671583091505.post-77299311936205190422009-12-02T18:10:58.211-05:002009-12-02T18:10:58.211-05:00lkgg always has great advice!! We have to grow suc...lkgg always has great advice!! We have to grow such tough skin as writers :)Jemi Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214408467456320167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662203671583091505.post-72778850691518191302009-12-02T18:01:58.735-05:002009-12-02T18:01:58.735-05:00Great post, Sara! I feel exactly the same way whe...Great post, Sara! I feel exactly the same way when giving a critique. A part of me thinks I might offend the other person, but I try to ignore that. After all, the whole point of giving feedback is to help improve their writing. The opposite is true, too. I get nervous when getting a critique of my work, but the suggestions are always dead on.Melissa Hursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530652829980250261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662203671583091505.post-6632608607118095072009-12-02T17:13:22.855-05:002009-12-02T17:13:22.855-05:00Great advice, indeed.
Without constructive feedba...Great advice, indeed.<br /><br />Without constructive feedback we have nothing to go on.Just Wendy https://www.blogger.com/profile/05268645629027109282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662203671583091505.post-17622922610005887202009-12-02T16:26:47.872-05:002009-12-02T16:26:47.872-05:00Excellent advice! As a writing teacher, I also emp...Excellent advice! As a writing teacher, I also employed the no holds barred in a soft cage method. It helped to switch from a red pen to a blue one. Or better yet, pencil. For some reason, that was a pill easier swallowed. I wanted my students to be better writers & to make the work they love even better. The key is to deliver the criticism constructively--i.e. in a way that they understand you're not trying to belittle them (so it helps to find the strengths in a piece, too). <br /><br />By the way, you are fab at giving feedback! Thanks for posting LK's comment, too. I missed it!Carolina M. Valdez Schneiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11589934533051907801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662203671583091505.post-10445789124234676552009-12-02T15:43:13.278-05:002009-12-02T15:43:13.278-05:00Awww - you'll make me blush or worse give me a...Awww - you'll make me blush or worse give me a swelled head. <br /><br />One other comment I didn't leave yesterday was the value I have gained from critiquing others work. I think I learn more from reading someone else's piece and having to put into words why I felt a certain phrase or passage didn't work. Then when I go back to my own and see I have done the same thing (or something similar), I shriek and scramble to scrub it out of my own stuff. I'm incredibly blind when it comes to my own writing, so any means to help me improve is a welcome thing.LK Gardner-Griffiehttp://www.griffieworld.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662203671583091505.post-70557236946629481092009-12-02T15:28:53.672-05:002009-12-02T15:28:53.672-05:00That's great advice! :) Thanks for posting it-...That's great advice! :) Thanks for posting it--I probably wouldn't have seen it otherwise.Alexandrahttp://lazy-iris.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.com