Oh, lor' bless you. Yes. I'm at this stage too, I think - I want to hold my writing to a high standard, but if other people don't, that's... well, it's not my job to make them. You can't live other people's lives for them. If they want to learn, they will. If they don't, they and I don't have to meet, and I don't have to let that trouble me.
I can see the point of constructive criticism, but (I think) it's rarely appreciated, when it's unsolicited. I sometimes have a nearly overwhelming compulsion to write a comment along the lines of "This would be so much better if you did this, didn't do this, and please god ran it through a spellcheck,", but then I remember my sanity and my own learning curve, and back away. It's not reasonable to expect everyone is going to be grateful for my pearls of wisdom. :)
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Date: 2007-06-29 12:33 pm (UTC)I can see the point of constructive criticism, but (I think) it's rarely appreciated, when it's unsolicited. I sometimes have a nearly overwhelming compulsion to write a comment along the lines of "This would be so much better if you did this, didn't do this, and please god ran it through a spellcheck,", but then I remember my sanity and my own learning curve, and back away. It's not reasonable to expect everyone is going to be grateful for my pearls of wisdom. :)
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