I'm in the space where I would far rather someone tell me my work is bad than dredge up a reason, which even in context seems to make little sense.
This would make you not a new writer <g>. I'm fairly certain, though, that they're not dredging up a reason out of the ether; they're giving their reasons, and they happen to have different views. The clashing views suck, though. It's kind of like workshopping a story and finding out that what one person hates hates hates another person feels is the core of the story.
This is my way of saying that editors do this too; it sounds like -- and you've posted no examples here, so I'm guessing -- matters of taste. Are there any you've gotten that you agree with?
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Date: 2004-11-20 07:09 am (UTC)This would make you not a new writer <g>. I'm fairly certain, though, that they're not dredging up a reason out of the ether; they're giving their reasons, and they happen to have different views. The clashing views suck, though. It's kind of like workshopping a story and finding out that what one person hates hates hates another person feels is the core of the story.
This is my way of saying that editors do this too; it sounds like -- and you've posted no examples here, so I'm guessing -- matters of taste. Are there any you've gotten that you agree with?