From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, June 8, 2014 10:40:30 PM UTC-4, Michelle Bottorff wrote:   
   > J.Pascal  wrote:   
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   > > > To ignore criticism and seek to discredit the critic instead is not   
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   > > > useful, it is avoidance, and at best it does nothing to improve your   
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   > > > writing skills.   
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   > > Honestly, mumble... as I said... this is assuming that you have the   
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   > > ability to help anyone.  It's not illegitimate to ask where you're   
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   > > coming from with a criticism in order to help evaluate it.   
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   > It didn't look helpful to me either.   
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   They are not critiques.  They are zingers.   
   If he had ever been involved in some kind of workshop where people critique   
   one another's manuscripts, they would resemble critiques.   
      
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