User blog comment:ChristianWallis/A Look into Cohesive Writing and Ned the Nihilist/@comment-25226524-20161002165133/@comment-28266772-20161003135944

I'm glad this had a positive impact. I wrote it about a week ago and put it aside to focus on other things but then I noticed the message you left A_O and did a running slow dive to my computer to post it before you actually did delete the story. Dealing with feedback can be difficult; I struggle with both positive and negative feedback in general. When it's negative I experience an autonomic response that is basically "fuck you and your mother too!". When it's positive my brain shuts down and I smile awkwardly and repeat "thank you for the positive feedback" with an overall lack of ease that makes Mr.Bean look like James Bond.

When it's mixed I get aroused.

Anyway, I appreciate that the lens through which an author looks at their work is muddied and confused as hell. There's no easy way around it. You're a good writer and shouldn't feel the need to self-flagellate.

Like I once said to Dr.FrankNFurter you should only self-flagellate for fun.