Syd's Thoughts

I think that good feedback is essential for writing. Even if the feedback is telling you what you should change, I think it is important for us to hear. I want to be challenged and I want others to tell me their point of view even if I do not completely agree with it. People have different perspectives, and I think that is something we all should learn. Not everyone is going to agree with what you have to say, but that is okay. If I have grammatical issues in my story I would want to know. If you think I need to add more details to a scene I want to know. The story is for the readers, not just for myself so I value what they have to say. One of the articles I read was The Difference Between Praise and Feedback . The biggest thing that stuck out to me was that we should praise the effort put into the work and not praise traits. This will allow us to grow as people because we will not create that fixed mindset. The other article I read was Be a Mirror . The most value lesson I took from...

 I really appreciate this assignment. I have absolutely struggled with feedback my whole life, positive or negative. The first article that I read was Silence the critical voices in your head . Hearing how a very successful business man has also struggled with this has really helped me. I take negative feedback to heart, even if it is said with the best intentions. My parents have always pushed me way too hard with school and I think that it has honestly caused me to struggle with feedback from others. I have made myself into a perfectionist which is horrible because when I am not perfect it really hurts me. The second article I read was Why it's so hard to hear negative feedback . I really liked the part when it called this a vicious circle of delivering bad negative feedback and receiving bad negative feedback. I honestly thought the author was crazy at first when he said we should crave the negative feedback from others, but after reading through the article I couldn't agree...