08-05-2011, 07:57 AM
I fully agree about not being harsh for harshness sake. I do see one reason to temper critique. When I was starting out there was only so much I had the tools to fix I wouldn't have known what to do with a thorough critique. I think of it like first aid: are they breathing?No. Then fix that before moving on to bleeding.
The secret of poetry is cruelty.--Jon Anderson
