Part II of II. Read Part I here.
Every artist faces critics. And every artist faces choices about how to deal with them. Some claim to never read their reviews (Show of hands if you believe them. Nobody?) Others wallow in the bad reviews, ignoring the good. (Show of hands again– Everybody!)
Assuming that you (a) can’t stop yourself from reading your reviews and (b) don’t want to wallow, you might use these five tips to process reviews or other critique:
1) Pay attention– or not. You have the right to ignore critics. Even if you can’t stop reading … Read the rest