You don’t get better without criticism. As a writer, I need honest feedback about my work to make my writing better.
I learned that in college. One of my professors kept pushing me to write more honestly, and the voice of Tris (the heroine of Roth’s blockbuster Divergent trilogy) really developed as a reaction to that.
I still work with critique partners, and that’s only valuable if you don’t get defensive.
Part of being a professional is about getting over it, meaning you have to separate yourself from your work and realize that if someone is criticizing your writing, they’re not criticizing you.
I am bigger, more complicated person than any book.
Every human being is a crazy festival of thoughts.
You have to have a life outside your work.
[Veronica Roth, author of the Divergent series]
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