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NedWolfkin wrote: Resdraon wrote: 'that's kind of harsh"

If you think that's harsh, I hate to break this to you, but the publishing world will eat you alive. Sometimes the best advice is blunt and hurtful because that normally means it's true. Thank you. I wasn't trying to be mean or anything when I said it, I was just being honest. It's something that must be said. Back before publication, I had my aunt's friends(Who were Netflix actors and what not, read my work.) Some of them were really fucking harsh. Wouldn't bat an eye at telling me something was complete shit, how I should give up, one even told me to kill myself and stop wasting her time. But they all meant well. (Funny thing is though when it comes to actors/editors/directors, there's kind of like a spectrum. One would tell me they found a part funny and a masterpiece, another would tell me this was the worst thing they ever read.)

That's just how the writing industry works. It's harsh, competitive, and even if you become popular, chances are by googling your name you will find a ton of people accusing you of plagiarism or simply starting your work is shit.

That's frankly what I enjoy most about writing. I find that harsh criticism should be used as fuel. By crying about it, all you're doing is telling everyone you're not ready to improve.

I say all this because this is the fourth story on the workshop I read today where the "author" has completed about something being harsh or getting angry at cristim and I'm trying to eat cereal.