User blog comment:Princess Callie/Why you shouldn't feel bad about criticism/@comment-24918243-20140724043459

You could not be more right, Callie. Criticism is there to help. Could people be a little nicer? Maybe, but I am not going to throw any stones here, because I know I have been rather harsh on a few occasions, and could have been perceived as such on many others.

All I have to say is what I consider one of the best stories I have ever written would had never been half as good if it wasn't for some bluntly honest critiques I received in Writer's Workshop. I'll admit, at first I was rather sad and even considered just dumping the story all together. But then I sucked it up, re-read it and basically re-wrote most of it taking into consideration what had been said. The result was something I am truly proud of, and that I have received excellent comments when I posted it officially.

I'll finish this off with a few words of folk wisdom: "The wise understand that they can be fools, but the fools insist they are wise."