⚠️ Long chapter ⚠️

This chapter covers how to give critiques to a story + how to take criticism.

There is some profanity in this chapter.

Read the disclaimer if you haven't already, it applies especially for this chapter.

This is probably gonna be a chapter not many will like. So, please read this part before you read the rest of the chapter:

My opinion is mine. Please do not use my opinion as a vessel for yours, or disagree to the point where you dislike me. We all have opinions, and my take on criticism does not make me morally good or bad. 

Many may be upset with how I talk about harsh feedback or how I think authors should take criticism. This book is meant to help writers. My goal isn't to argue with you, so if you disagree, that's fine, but I'm just one person. There's no need to start an argument over something as silly as this.

This entire book is based on my experience. You are going to have different experiences than me, but that doesn't make my opinion wrong. That doesn't make your opinion wrong either. So I'd appreciate it if you keep that in mind while reading.

I hope that makes sense. Enjoy the chapter.

How To Criticize A Story

1) Be Specific

Imagine you're talking to an artist. This artist does paintings of whatever the client wants. You go up to the artist and ask them to draw your lips in extreme detail. Except, when the artist goes to paint, you grab duct tape and put it over your lips so the artist can't see.

How are they going to paint your lips if they can't see them?

How can writers correct their mistakes if you aren't specific?

Everyone who has experience with the art world knows that, when requesting a piece of art, you need to give as much detail as possible, otherwise you can't be mad when the artist gives you something not even close to your vision.

Writers cannot read your mind. If you simply say "This character wasn't good," that doesn't tell the author anything. Vague feedback is beyond terrible. I'd honestly rather get harsh feedback than vague feedback, and you'll see in the next section how useless I think harsh feedback is.

Don't say "the pacing was slow," say "the pacing was slow in chapter(s) *insert chapter(s) here* because of exposition dumping. There were too many walls of text that could have been shown instead of told."

Do you see how much more helpful that is? Now the author knows exactly what chapters you're thinking of (if it's the whole book, you can say that too but provide examples of a chapter or two where it's more noticeable).

It's the same with grammar. I cannot tell you how many times I've seen a judge put 9/10 in the grammar section for a contest. Their explanation is something like this: "The grammar was nice but there were some errors."

Gee, thanks, so helpful.

Give examples of the grammar errors. Even if you don't type out a specific time in the text where there's a grammar error, at least say what the grammar error is so the author can research it.

For example, if the author does dialogue tags wrong, tell them the dialogue tags are incorrect because *insert why here*. You don't need an example (although I would recommend it), just be a bit more specific.

2) Harsh Feedback Is Lazy And Unhelpful

If you are someone who speaks bluntly, I ask you read this entire section before you comment because I do address that later.

I have been writing for 10+ years and I have found maybe two authors who are open to "harsh" feedback.

Most people don't realize there's a difference between harsh feedback and honest feedback. I remember posting on Quotev about harsh feedback, and someone got upset about it because they said they give harsh feedback. After I explained the differences between harsh and honest feedback, they were like "Oh, I give honest feedback. Sorry, I got them confused."

You can be honest without being harsh.

Most writers aren't making a lot of money. The vast majority of writers are struggling to get by and have a passion for a career that's extremely hard to get in to. So why make it worse by being bitchy?

In many cases, these people giving harsh feedback can't handle receiving harsh feedback. I once saw a judge call stories "cringe" and "immature," but as soon as they got feedback that was remotely harsh, they threw a temper tantrum. And this isn't an isolated case. This happens quite often.

Look at the definitions of honest and harsh and you'll see why there's a massive difference between them. Being harsh is being cruel while being honest is being truthful. You can be truthful without being cruel.

And no, switching your feedback from harsh to honest isn't sugarcoating. Sugarcoating would be you purposefully making the issues seem less severe, or straight up not mentioning some issues, to spare the author's feelings.

Being honest doesn't mean the author won't get hurt, but harsh feedback is using harsh language like "cringe," "bad," "immature," and many others that will almost certainly hurt the author, even if they say it doesn't.

There's a difference between:

"This story had weak moments due to the slow pacing and OOC moments."

And:

"This story is cringe because the pacing is bad and the characters are immature."

Both criticisms are basically saying the same thing, only one isn't insulting the work. Maybe the first one still hurts, but at least it's constructive and relatively specific. 

No, the author shouldn't "get thicker skin," you should get a more advanced vocabulary.

One time I saw a judge tell an author that their story was cringe and lacked creativity, meanwhile their entire review lacked the creativity to explain their criticisms in a coherent way without harsh language.

Do you see why that's hypocritical?

I understand some people tend to speak more bluntly, and that's fine. I'm not saying there are never situations where the author needs to be told straight up that their characters are immature or something along those lines. What I am saying is that isn't the majority of cases. The majority of cases are strangers on the internet seeing an author writing fanfic and decide to shit on it.

If you are someone who speaks more bluntly, then warn authors before you give feedback. I'll explain more in the time and place section, but sometimes authors really don't want to hear it, and I suggest you respect that.

If you can't be constructive without being harsh, maybe you shouldn't be leaving feedback at all. It's the kindergarten rule: if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. It simply does not help the writer (in most cases).

Let's say you're playing basketball for fun. The main coach yells at you and calls you a bad player while the assistant coach pulls you aside and gives you specific instructions to help you succeed. Who are you more likely to listen to? The same applies for harsh and honest feedback.

Remember, writers on Wattpad (a majority of them, anyway) are writing for free, and most of them are doing it as a hobby instead of a career they want to pursue. That's just something to keep in mind.

3) Don't Be Overly Nice

You can honestly tell an author what they're doing wrong without resorting to harsh language, but you don't have to sugarcoat things either. You can tell them their pacing was slow. You can tell them their characters acted OOC at times. You can tell them their plot had holes.

There are two sides of the coin: judges/reviewers who are overly nice and judges/reviewers who are overly harsh.

I think this section is self-explanatory. You don't need to say things like "The characters were awesome!" when they weren't. You can point out what you like while also criticizing it.

For example, I like the new video game Starfield. I really like the worldbuilding and some of the characters.

Starfield main quest spoilers

I really like the plot of the story being the multiverse. While I'm getting tired of multiverse plots, I think Starfield took it in an interesting direction where every time you start a new game plus, you have a chance of getting a whacky universe. One universe even has another version of you.

Even though I love this concept, I have criticisms for it. I'm going to focus on the universe where there's another version of you. My character's name is AJ, and he meets another AJ in a new universe. There is some awesome dialogue, and I think the voice actor does a great job bringing the protagonist to life (my character is male, I have not heard the female voice actress yet).

However, there were many missed opportunities.

When you're going to go into another multiverse, the new universe version of you doesn't say anything while the other four NPCs do. So far, I haven't had any chats with the new AJ outside of the same old conversation I had in the beginning. There aren't many new dialogue options despite how awesome of a concept it is to meet another version of yourself.

There are also (to my knowledge) no chances to give the new version of yourself the powers you have despite how you can take him to the temples that grant powers. He can literally stand right next to you while you get your powers, but you can't grant him any. You also can't mentor him into becoming a stronger fighter.

For those who don't know, in this game, the protagonist dies in almost every single universe. You're an anomaly, which is why it would be interesting to see the protagonist take the new version of himself under his wing to ensure he, y'know, DOESN'T DIE???

The protagonist is rather weak in every other universe except for the one you originally play in. So why can't you train the protagonist to becoming stronger? It's said multiple times throughout the main quest that every other version of AJ dies, so why isn't it even touched upon when you meet another AJ?

So while the concept is awesome and I love the dialogue options we have, there are many missed opportunities.

Spoilers over

I understand for those who haven't played Starfield that that was confusing to explain. It's a plot you can't really explain, you kinda just have to experience it.

I'll give a more general example. I like The Last Of Us, the TV show. While I like it, I have my issues with it. For example, I think the relationship between Joel and Ellie is significantly weaker and less impactful in the show than it is in the game. No, it isn't because the TV show is shorter than the game, but because the pacing is abysmal in many places, which leads to the relationship feeling weaker.

My point is, you can say something like "This character had great traits, but their role in the story is confusing" without it feeling mean. You can point out what you like in what you dislike, just like how you can point out what you dislike in what you like.

Maybe that's confusing, but all I'm saying is don't be scared to say criticisms, but also don't be scared to say positives too. Positives are just as important as negatives. I'll explain that later.

4) Time And Place

Okay, this and the harsh feedback parts are the ones I'm expecting the most people to disagree with. That's fine, you don't need to agree with me. I just ask you hear out my perspective instead of instantly judging me.

There is a time and place for constructive criticism. You're reading this book on Wattpad, which means you're likely giving criticism to other Wattpad authors. I need you to keep something in mind.

Some writers on Wattpad don't care.

There are many, many, many writers who just don't care and want to write for fun. They're not writing to improve, they're writing as a hobby to make other people smile.

There is a time and place for constructive criticism. Just because you see something wrong with a story doesn't mean you have to race to the comment section to tell the author. I encourage everyone to speak freely and voice their opinions; I'm not saying censor yourself. What I am saying is sometimes it just isn't worth it.

Not everyone can take criticism. Some authors want to write, have fun, and talk with readers. There are definitely cases where, if you dislike something, you should click off the book and move on.

It's Wattpad. We're writing for free, and most of us don't even want to be full-time writers. It's a passion and an escape from real life, so leaving a giant comment of critique might make the author block you.

Again, I encourage you to form your thoughts and feelings about stories, that's the whole point of reading! But sometimes, there's a time and place for criticism.

Something that personally makes me a bit irritated is when I see criticism on my four-year-old stories when I state in the disclaimer that it's an old work and I have improved since then. In those cases, I tend to thank them for taking the time to comment and move on.

I'm not saying I don't accept criticism, but it's not helpful to me since the story was written when I was a teenager without writing experience. Now I'm in my twenties and a professional. It's far more helpful when they leave criticism on a newer work. In general, my fanfics are my escape from my regular writing, so they're not nearly as good as my original works. The most helpful criticisms would be on my upcoming original story, Obsidian. I can't wait to release it.

So that's what I mean when I say consider the time and place. Not every writer wants criticism, especially for fanfic. If they want to become a more serious writer, they'll need to open themselves up to it, but sometimes when you do things for fun, you just wanna do it for fun. Like if you play a club sport just for fun, it might be annoying when you have teammates criticizing how you play when it ultimately doesn't matter.

I'm not saying you shouldn't have an opinion. I'm saying consider if it's worth it to you and the author to voice it. You don't want to waste your time writing criticism that will go in one ear and out the other, and you also don't want to waste the author's time when they don't care.

5) It's Not About You

One of the most frustrating things for me is when I get criticized for stuff that doesn't make sense. By that I mean, I'm American. I cannot tell you how many times I've had people criticize things in my stories that don't make sense to them because they're from another country, but they make perfect sense to me because I am American. For example, using Fahrenheit over Celsius for weather.

For starters, using F over C for weather makes more logical sense anyway. Secondly, unless I am writing a sci fi (like Adrift or LC), my stories take place in America. Why would I not use American terminology when my book takes place in America? I wouldn't expect you to use American terminology if your story takes place in South Korea, so why are you expecting me to use the terminology you use in my story?

It's not about you. Your country isn't the only one in the world. Just because other countries do things differently doesn't mean it's wrong.

One time I wrote a fluffy, short fanfic that was meant to teach a lesson about the importance of spending time with the ones you love. The story took place in America. It wasn't a serious fic, it was like ten chaps, and it was meant to be a feel-good fic.

But the comments didn't care.

Instead of enjoying the fic or leaving actual criticism, some people in the comments decided to argue with me about medical bills because of America's healthcare system. They consistently compared their country to mine.

Whether or not I like America doesn't matter. What matters is you're taking a fluffy, feel-good fic and making it political for no reason other than you can't get out of your bubble.

Americans do this too, so I'm not trying to call out any countries because it comes from everywhere, not just one place. It happens all the time and I get so sick of it. I don't care about your opinion on my country.

And btw there's a difference between saying "Here in *insert country here* we do this differently" and saying "this doesn't make sense." There's a major difference between pointing out these things because they're interesting and criticizing them. I'm talking about people who think it's a genuine error in the story that I'm using Fahrenheit over Celsius.

In general, there's nothing more frustrating than people coming at me for my country. I can't control where I was born. I have never, ever judged someone because of where they were born. 

Is it unfair to want people to do the same for me?

6) Silly Criticisms

While everyone is entitled to their opinions, keep in mind some of your opinions might be silly. You need to consider the context of the story and the target audience before you leave criticism.

For example, I write for an 18+ audience that is overwhelmingly American, Canadian, and Australian. I believe around 35% of my readers are from America. That may not sound like a lot, but considering how many countries are in the world...

There have been times people have criticized me for not considering the younger audience because I write BTS ffs and a lot of the audience for them is young.

Do you not see the giant 18+ mature warning in the story? If I am not writing for a younger audience, then that criticism means literally nothing to me.

Target audiences are important. Just look at the Barbie movie. Men, in general, did not like the movie while women adored it. Women were the target audience, men were not. It makes sense that men did not like it.

My target audience is mature. Not just 18+, but I mean mature in the way they consume content. I write speculative fanfics that are slow-burn. My target audience are people who read closely and want to think. I mainly write for people that can pay close attention to the subtle details, such as Park in LC using his four-fingered hand instead of his five-fingered one to represent what emotion he's feeling in that moment.

So when I get criticisms related to those kinds of things, they come off as super silly. It's fine if you aren't in the target audience, and you're entitled to your opinion. However, keep in mind it isn't going to change how I write if you're criticizing my story for having slow burn, a more advanced vocabulary, mature elements, etc. 

All of those things are intended for my target audience. It doesn't matter that I'm writing BTS fanfic. The whole point of ff is to inspire creativity. There is no right or wrong way to write BTS fanfic.

K-pop fans, we get angry when people who haven't listened to more than Dynamite and/or Butter criticize the K-pop genre as a whole. It's a similar thing here. If you are not in the target audience for the genre of book, there's nothing wrong with that. However, criticizing it because of your personal disliking of the genre is silly.

Criticize it because of plot holes, or lack of character development, or poor pacing, etc. Don't criticize the genre, that's just silly. 

You are not going to like every book, movie, TV show, etc. because you have preferred genres. I dislike comedies, but when I have to judge a comedy work, I judge it based on the characters, plot, themes, jokes, etc. instead of my personal disliking of the genre. That type of criticism is more fair than if you dismiss a book because you aren't in the target audience.

I hope that makes sense.

7) Positives Are Just As Important As Negatives

Saying something positive about a story is not useless. Any writer knows that we second-guess ourselves all the time. We can write something and feel amazing about it, then two minutes later be criticizing ourselves for ever liking it.

That's why positive feedback is just as important as negative feedback.

Pointing out the things you like about a story helps the author. If you point out the things you like, they'll keep doing those things.

For example, I always praise authors who incorporate actions into their dialogue. Here's an example of dialogue without any actions:

"First time? Would've been nice if God sent you five years ago. I haven't seen an angel in twenty years. Last one I saw banished my father to Hell for creating a half-breed. Are you here to do the same to me?"

"Only if you give me a reason to," she said.

"Welcome to Earth. Congratulations, you've made it to the last standing bunker in New York."

"You're far from home, hellspawn. Busan, right?"

"You know me."

Do you see why that isn't very engaging? Not only do you not know who is speaking, but you're reading exposition. You're not getting much characterization. Also, the last line feels a bit out of nowhere without an action to connect it. 

Let's compare that to how this dialogue is actually written in the book:

"First time?" Jeongmin asked as he halted by her side. "Would've been nice if God sent you five years ago. I haven't seen an angel in twenty years. Last one I saw banished my father to Hell for creating a half-breed. Are you here to do the same to me?"

"Only if you give me a reason to." Even her voice was smooth, with no cracks daring to touch the depths of her tone.

Jeongmin's mouth pulled up into a grin. He was sure the dimple on his right cheek was showing. "Welcome to Earth. Congratulations," he said as he spread his arms, "you've made it to the last standing bunker in New York."

"You're far from home, hellspawn. Busan, right?"

Jeongmin's smile almost faltered. "You know me."

Notice how much has changed. Jeongmin in particular is very expressive while the angel is not, which characterizes their personalities. Throughout the story, Jeongmin is very expressive while the angel isn't, which clearly separates their dialogue from one another without needing to use dialogue tags.

There are only two tags throughout, and that only happens because it's the very beginning of the story. Later in the book, tags are used less often and replaced with actions, which makes the dialogue far more engaging while also characterizing Jeongmin and the angel.

Beyond that, do you see how much more personality is in the second example than the first? The first example is two people talking while the second is two people having a conversation. There's a massive difference.

We'll talk more about actions in dialogue in another chapter, so please don't ask any questions until I post that chap.

The point is, I always praise actions in dialogue because it makes the dialogue feel more realistic. When you're talking to someone, you aren't just sitting there talking. You sniffle, you eat, you stretch, you laugh, you smile, etc.

Incorporate positives into your feedback! If you're only saying the negatives, not only can the feedback feel monotonous, but it can also make the author feel horrible about themselves. They might feel their entire book is trash.

I would also recommend starting your feedback with positives. Whenever we give feedback to classmates in my film and writing classes, our professors always taught us to start with positives then get to the criticisms.

How To Take Criticism

Based on my rant about harsh feedback, it's easy to think I don't like criticism, but that isn't the case. If I didn't like it, I wouldn't be a writer.

While I think it's hard to "like" criticism, it is undoubtedly helpful for building your skills.

For film, I'll never forget the time I was showing my final project to the class. This was a little less than a year ago, when I was getting close to needing my second surgery. That meant I needed to leave college a few weeks early, which also meant my final project needed to be done before I left. Everyone else got eight to ten weeks for their final. I had less than six.

Constructive criticism was vital for me to succeed since I needed to make changes fast. If I didn't get the feedback I got, I never would have gotten a good grade on that final. 

Let's get into the list so I can explain this briefly.

1) Be (Cautiously) Open-Minded

I'll say it again and again throughout this section, but everyone has a different interpretation of media. Be open-minded to a reader's interpretation of your work, even if it's not what you intended.

It is normal for people to interpret things differently, but there are some cases where it is the fault of the writer for not making certain things more clear. In those cases, consider the reader's perspective and think of ways you can make your intentions clear.

At the same time, keep in mind some readers will want some things to happen (or assume they will happen), but that doesn't mean their opinion is right for the story.

Like Crazy readers, I'm going to call you out here. There were like four, five, maybe even six plus people who assumed Y/n was going to get with Yoongi after what happened to Jimin. Yoongi and Y/n barely had any screen time and no romantic moments, not to mention it was near the end of the story. There was no evidence that Y/n would be with anyone other than Jimin.

It would have been wrong for the story if Y/n got with anyone other than Jimin. It wouldn't make sense for Y/n's character and what she wanted in life. So that's what I mean when I say just because readers assume or want something to happen doesn't mean it's right for the story.

At the end of the day, what's right for the story goes above the reader's opinions. I'm sorry, some readers may not like me saying that, but it's the truth. If a story needs a sad ending, it needs a sad ending, just like how if it needs a happy ending, it needs a happy ending.

Don't let a reader's assumptions or wants for a story change your mind about how you write it. And just because a reader assumes something is going to happen doesn't make the event any less significant or impactful. Readers predicting events happening does not mean the events are bad, so don't be discouraged when things like that happen.

For my story, Heartless, a lot of people knew a certain character (who I won't spoil) was not going to have a happy ending. It didn't make that character's ending any less impactful just because some readers knew it was going to happen. So that's something to keep in mind while writing, but I'll talk more about predictability in a future chapter.

Long story short, stay open-minded, but also don't sacrifice what the story needs because of what the reader wants and/or assumes.

2) "I intended to do it that way" or "I'm aware of that"

As a reviewer, there is nothing more frustrating than a writer who says something like "I intended to do it like that" or "I'm aware of that." Writers, I don't think you realize how defensive those statements come off as.

I have an opinion about your story. Unless I'm getting something blatantly wrong about the plot details, characters, etc., I am not here to argue with you over how I interpreted the story.

That's why I never argue with judges anymore. Even if they're dead wrong about things, I don't argue because it's their interpretation of the story, and I need to respect that.

If a judge said something like, "This chapter feels incomplete" and I reply with "I intended to do it like that," it doesn't change anything. It literally changes nothing about the reviewer's interpretation of my work.

Writers: reviewers and readers cannot read your mind, stop pretending we can.

Part of me wants to say "If you're aware you did this wrong, then why haven't you fixed it?" but I tend to just ignore those types of comments because they're so frustrating.

I put countless hours into reading your book and forming a detailed review only for you to say you already know about the things I pointed out, or you intended to do it that way. Do you see why that would be the tiniest bit frustrating?

Newsflash, authors: just because you intend to do something a certain way doesn't mean it's good.

At the very least, if there are errors you are aware of, let me know so I don't waste my time pointing them out and offering alternatives. 

As a writer, I know there are times you are actually aware of the errors in your stories, especially if you wrote them when you were younger; however, if you disagree with the criticism, or are aware of the errors already, simply don't say anything. It's so easy to thank someone for giving you feedback instead of saying defensive things like "I'm aware."

I mentioned earlier that there are times when people leave criticisms on old works of mine. In that case, I genuinely do already know what's wrong with those stories. However, I don't reply with "I know" or any variation of that. Instead, I'll thank them for commenting and encourage them to check out my recent work to see how my writing has changed.

And btw, there's a difference between a writer agreeing with the criticism and saying something like "I know, I'm aware of that issue already." 

I don't care if authors agree with my criticisms, it's not a big deal if they do or don't because it isn't my story, but I do care if they're acting like I just wasted my time because they already knew of the errors I pointed out.

I hope that makes sense.

3) Pick And Choose What To Use

Just like with this book, pick and choose what suggestions to use when reading feedback. As I mentioned earlier, your story requires different things, and not every reviewer will pick up on that. It doesn't make their opinion less valid, but that doesn't mean you have to listen to them.

For example, I wrote a story for my creative writing class last semester. One of my classmates was always very eager to give suggestions. He had a major passion for writing, and I respect that. He's given some great feedback throughout, but everyone, including myself, has given feedback that doesn't fit what the author wants for the story.

This classmate read my story (it was around 20 pages) and suggested I add a new character to go along with the two main characters. I'll spare you the details, but the classmate suggested adding the new character so the two protagonists get attached to them, then the new character dies, thus giving the protagonist a last push to defeat the antagonist.

In theory, this does not sound like a bad idea. However, it does not fit the story at all. The entire story is focused on these two characters building a relationship. It's enemies to lovers, essentially. If there was another character, it would detract from their budding relationship since, in 20 pages (that was the page count limit), I'd have to add a new character and make them close enough with the protagonist that he gets the extra push needed to stop the antagonist.

That meant I'd have to delete many of the moments between the two protagonists, which would have made their relationship weaker. Not to mention the protagonist already had his extra push. The female protagonist, the one he began to care for, got attacked by the antagonist to the point where she was not moving and covered in blood. The protagonist saw her on the verge of death. He had that extra push already.

So while in theory it is a good suggestion, there are always alternatives that may fit the story better. This classmate also suggested killing off the second lead to fuel the protagonist's motivation, but that also felt out of place since their relationship hasn't yet reached its peak, and this is a story built around their relationship. It would've felt unsatisfactory to kill her off.

And that's without mentioning how this takes place in a world that's almost completely dead, so more death wouldn't fit the theme of "hope found in strange places" that I was going for.

Sometimes you're going to receive feedback that doesn't make sense for the story. Do not insult the person or get defensive. Like I said, everyone has a different interpretation of your work. While it may be the "wrong" interpretation according to you, it doesn't make their opinion invalid.

Simply pick and choose what you can use, thank them for reading and taking the time to comment, and move on. It's that easy.

4) It's Not Personal

In most cases, criticism is not personal. Even if I know the author I am judging and dislike or like them, my criticisms will not change. Most (competent) reviewers and judges put aside personal feelings and judge based on the book, not the author.

It's not personal, so don't take it personally. Most judges/reviewers want to help you improve. Read what they say and keep it in the back of your mind while writing (if it helps you).

If you take criticism personally, you're going to have a hard time becoming a writer. Remember they're doing it to help, not to hurt.

5) Ask Questions

Any (competent) reviewer and judge won't be offended if you ask a question about their feedback. If anything, they might be excited to talk more with you about your work.

If you're confused about their feedback, feel free to ask questions for clarification. Don't be scared they'll get mad at you. If they get mad at you for asking questions, that's on them, not you.

There's not much to say about this, so let's move on.

6) Don't Ask For It If You Don't Want It

Last but not least, don't ask for criticism if you aren't prepared for it. That isn't to be harsh, I'm not judging you if you aren't prepared for criticism. Not everyone wants criticism, and that's fine! If you want to write purely as an escape and don't want to deal with that type of stuff, no one is judging you.

All I'm saying is, don't ask for feedback if you don't want it or feel you aren't prepared for it. 

If you ask for feedback from me, don't be nervous. I'm always fair in my reviews, and if I'm not, call me on that because I don't want that to happen to anyone. 

You can always read my reviews in my review book if you want to see what type of feedback I give.

~End~

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