SPA Girls Podcast – EP130 – Critical Care: Leverage Feedback For Success
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The sting of even well-meant criticism can leave us reeling and it’s very hard not to take it personally. This week we discuss how to cope with criticism – from all sides: friends, other writers, readers and editors – and then figure out what to discard, and how to use the Good Stuff to improve our writing success.
“Remember: when people tell you something’s wrong or doesn’t work for them, they are almost always right. When they tell you exactly what they think is wrong and how to fix it, they are almost always wrong.” ~ Neil Gaiman
Just like learning to write well, learning to take criticism well is a journey. Join us for some brutally honest insights into how the SPA Girls cope!
PS. #shamelessplug We’ve written a book that may help you too
Some cool resources:
Brene Brown on Why Your Critics Aren’t The Ones Who Count (video)
Article: How To Deal With Harsh Criticism Of Your Writing by Charlie Jane Anders
There’s nothing more vulnerable than the act of making up stories. Whether it’s an introspective personal story or a seat-of-your-exploding-pants thriller, you’re taking something out of your unfiltered imagination and putting it into the form of a product. That people then criticize. How do you handle that?
Article: 34 Inspiring Quotes on Criticism (and How to Handle It) by The Positivity Blog
SPA Girls Podcast – EP61 – Interview with Joanna Penn
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This week we had the honour of interviewing the one and only… Joanna Penn! She’s a best-selling author, an international speaker, a podcaster, and a trainer, and one of our role models in this industry. We were super-excited to have her on the show, and she didn’t disappoint. She gave us a huge amount of self publishing advice in this information-packed episode – making it an episode that you don’t want to miss!
Joanna Penn: Author, Speaker and Creative Entrepreneur
New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author of thrillers and non-fiction, Joanna Penn is an international professional speaker and entrepreneur, voted as one of The Guardian UK Top 100 Creative Professionals 2013.
Visit her amazing website The Creative Penn where you will find resources to help you write, publish and market your book.
Joanna Penn was also voted one of the Top 10 Blogs for Writers and one of the Top 10 Blogs for Self-Publishers. As seen at:
