07-14-2013, 12:31 PM
i was being serious. i think people take what they can and give what they can. some are more capable, some seem more capable depending on what level a poet is at. one of the best things a person can do with feedback, is question it; use google to get a bit of verification, start a discussion about it. milo and leanne and some others have good sound knowledge we can all learn from. some (like me) have fairly sound ideas and some knowledge that might be shaky in places. some of the pdf's i put up won't always be the best you can get, but hopefully they'll help in finding out at what level we're at and how to move on to the next (if that's what you wish) i'm not sure it's about those who give feedback, i think it should be about how we react to feedback in general, do we take anything from it, both the good and not so good critiques. can we teach ourselves to be discerning and calm. can we bite out tongue and say thank you as easily as we say thank you to praise. can we admit that 5 people who say the same thing might just have a point .