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When I am giving crit, whether it's here or in another context, I try to be both compassionate and straightforward. I don't know if I come off as a hardass or not.
I was just reading a piece and thinking of what crit I had to offer. But I kept going to the same thought, which was that in my opinion (again, just speaking for me here), it would not pay off to put more energy into revising that piece, which seemed fundamentally problematic from the ground up.
I don't mean that to be cruel at all; I just think the writer is attempting to take on way too much for this piece and that they would be better off letting some of these ideas inspire other works where the big ideas have more room to breathe.
So now I am wondering if this critique is fair or too harsh or what. If I were the writer of a piece with this problem, I'd like to know that that reaction is out there. But not all people want to know, and it may not even be fair to pretty much say "give up on this one."
What are your thoughts on giving crit like this? Or receiving it?
I was just reading a piece and thinking of what crit I had to offer. But I kept going to the same thought, which was that in my opinion (again, just speaking for me here), it would not pay off to put more energy into revising that piece, which seemed fundamentally problematic from the ground up.
I don't mean that to be cruel at all; I just think the writer is attempting to take on way too much for this piece and that they would be better off letting some of these ideas inspire other works where the big ideas have more room to breathe.
So now I am wondering if this critique is fair or too harsh or what. If I were the writer of a piece with this problem, I'd like to know that that reaction is out there. But not all people want to know, and it may not even be fair to pretty much say "give up on this one."
What are your thoughts on giving crit like this? Or receiving it?