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Originally Posted by Steven Lake
Constructive criticism is always good. I've had people flat out lambaste me before on my writing, while at the same time providing constructive criticism, and in the end I think it's made me better by helping me identify problems and fixing them. The mental checklist I go through now when writing is incredibly complex and long. But it's helped me get better and better. I'm now at a point where I can write stuff off the cuff with the same quality that my "finished" works were as little as 5 years ago.
So yeah, seek out some good, constructive criticism, the scathing, but useful kind, and then grow from that.
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I know what you mean. For me, my 'off-the-cuff' quality isn't so great yet, but I can now achieve in two drafts what used to take me five or more. I'm not where I want to be, but I have more direction in my writing now, I don't wander as aimlessly. That's probably why the book I wrote last year bothers me so much.