Oh, God, I'm neurotic

[ratherastory]

This is me being insecure and neurotic. Nothing to see here, move along.


Dear Self,

We have been over this. Just because a reviewer obviously didn't understand your story or maybe just didn't read it carefully does NOT mean you suck forever as a writer. Come on. There are plenty of people whose opinions you trust who told you the story worked just fine. One *anonymous* reviewer should not be enough to reduce you to a quivering pile of insecure goo.

Jesus H. Christ, woman, pull yourself together!

Love,

Me



Dear Anonymous Reviewer,

Really? You read all 8,000 words of that fic and came away with the notion that I have sympathy only for Sam and that I'm awful to Dean? Really?

I'm a little flummoxed that that's what you took away from the story. Truly.

Maybe you ought to read it again a little more carefully. Or, better yet, go away before I enlist Missouri to hit you with a spoon. I am all for constructive criticism, but that? That wasn't it.

No love,

Me

Comments

[primrose-1.livejournal.com]

You don't think we all have those moments? I PERFORM as a job, and getting criticism is HARD to take for me too. Especially when the criticism is weird. I always love it when I get comments that say something like "I don't like the part of the story where the main character does this..." Gee. Hans Christian Anderson wrote it, and I followed his story. It's normal. You're not pathetic.

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

That's hysterical.

"I object to this part of your story that you have absolutely no control over!"

People are strange beasts.