I'm happy for people to pick their place on the concrit spectrum and do my best to respond as I think they might want. The key word here is 'think', because sometimes people don't say, and sometimes they say they want something but when you leave concrit you find out that maybe they don't so much like the concrit you choose to leave ;)
I only tend to concrit people who I know can take it, or on pieces I think are brilliant but for a fatal flaw. I generally don't bother to crit things that don't move me.
The truth about concrit in my world? People can say what they want (I have anon comments on, and I don't screen comments unless it's for a poll) so the permission is there implictly. But do I care about the concrit that's left? 9 times out of 10 only if it's left by people whose writing I admire and aspire to emulate in some way. People falling outside that category can and do leave good concrit, but my experience has been that it tends towards their personal preference rather than anything I could learn from, or would choose to learn from.
Basically, you lot, my off-lj tight group, can (and do) rip me to shreds and I listen. If the same concrit came from other people I would place less value on it simply because I don't have an understanding of them, their motivations, and their skills/abilities. For me it's an issue of trust and understanding, at least in part. It's a much more comples equation than that when looked at in totality.
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I only tend to concrit people who I know can take it, or on pieces I think are brilliant but for a fatal flaw. I generally don't bother to crit things that don't move me.
The truth about concrit in my world? People can say what they want (I have anon comments on, and I don't screen comments unless it's for a poll) so the permission is there implictly. But do I care about the concrit that's left? 9 times out of 10 only if it's left by people whose writing I admire and aspire to emulate in some way. People falling outside that category can and do leave good concrit, but my experience has been that it tends towards their personal preference rather than anything I could learn from, or would choose to learn from.
Basically, you lot, my off-lj tight group, can (and do) rip me to shreds and I listen. If the same concrit came from other people I would place less value on it simply because I don't have an understanding of them, their motivations, and their skills/abilities. For me it's an issue of trust and understanding, at least in part. It's a much more comples equation than that when looked at in totality.