Toxic feedback [electronic resource] : helping writers survive and thrive / Joni B. Cole.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cole, Joni B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authorship--Evaluation--Psychological aspects.

Authorship.

Authorship--Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hanover [N.H.] : University Press of New England, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How writers can make the best of even the worst criticism

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Introduction: Every Writer Has a Story; RETHINKING FEEDBACK; What is Feedback?; EQ; GETTING FEEDBACK; Is It You . . . or Is It Them?; Processing Feedback; Twenty-Two Years; Editing Your Editor; "Danger, Danger, Will Robinson!"; The Club; Waiting for Feedback; The Value of Toxic Feedback; GIVING FEEDBACK; Preventing Mental Meltdowns; The Power of Positive Feedback; A Right Way and a Wrong Way; Can You Please Be More Specific!; The Moment of Truth; Common Human Decency; Editorial Biases; Get That Look Off Your Face; Small Miracles; IN THE COMPANY OF WRITERS

Hey, Let's Put On a Workshop!How to Have a Good Group Discussion; Who's in Charge?; The Top Ten Rules of a Successful Writing Group; Meet the World's Worst Workshop; Publishing 101; Can Creative Writing Be Taught?; In Appreciation of Bad Writing; Epilogue: Feedback and the Real World; Acknowledgments; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-283-87503-9

1-58465-872-X

OCLC:

300846826