I asked my father the other day if he would read it and he said "Is this like asking me to critique your first born child?", which is a fairly accurate way of putting it (except, unlike story, first born perfect in every way, so no critique necessary).
LOL!!! Yes, to the child :).
But more seriously, the knowledge that you're critiquing something that is like "your first born child" is very helpful.
I think, as the years have passed, I've become a lot more objective about what does, and doesn't, work, and I can take what I've asked for (honest opinion) in stride and work with it.
But you want to avoid people who are offended if you don't listen to their opinion, or whose investment is in some ways a controlling aspect, and that's harder to suss out when you first start.
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Date: 2008-05-27 06:25 pm (UTC)LOL!!! Yes, to the child :).
But more seriously, the knowledge that you're critiquing something that is like "your first born child" is very helpful.
I think, as the years have passed, I've become a lot more objective about what does, and doesn't, work, and I can take what I've asked for (honest opinion) in stride and work with it.
But you want to avoid people who are offended if you don't listen to their opinion, or whose investment is in some ways a controlling aspect, and that's harder to suss out when you first start.