That's a tough question to answer, really. I've gotten a lot of good, helpful suggestions over the years from feedback as well as from good betas. In the end, though, I have to say it was the very first piece of feedback I got from my infamous Twisted Sister, Fabrisse. Not only did she point out - gently and diplomatically, but quite clearly - that I was making Giles sound like a greeting card run amok, her note led to one of the finest friendships I've ever known. I've learned a lot from her about life, the universe, and everything as well as about writing.
It's not one thing she's ever told me, but the sum total I've learned over the course of seven years that's so valuable.
In the longrun, I firmly believe that every thoughtful comment that goes deeper than 'yay, that was awesome' or 'boo, that stank' teaches us something. I've been lucky enough to get some wonderfully useful pieces of feedback over the years. Even some of the ones where I read them and my first thought was 'are you high???' have given me a reason to distance myself from my writing long enough to consider whether or not they really had a point. Once or twice, even the really drug-induced sounding feedback has had something to teach me.
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Date: 2007-09-20 04:08 pm (UTC)It's not one thing she's ever told me, but the sum total I've learned over the course of seven years that's so valuable.
In the longrun, I firmly believe that every thoughtful comment that goes deeper than 'yay, that was awesome' or 'boo, that stank' teaches us something. I've been lucky enough to get some wonderfully useful pieces of feedback over the years. Even some of the ones where I read them and my first thought was 'are you high???' have given me a reason to distance myself from my writing long enough to consider whether or not they really had a point. Once or twice, even the really drug-induced sounding feedback has had something to teach me.