benlehman: (Snake)
benlehman ([personal profile] benlehman) wrote2007-04-23 08:40 pm

Creative Process and Critique

(Context: A friend of mine and a friend of his have recently been going around telling creative communities that they aren't creating right, that they should follow a different method and different process. Not coincidentally one which those two people have used in the past.)

I think that other people have a right to judge my published work. (for a general value of "my").

If I don't want it judged, by not publishing it, I avoid judgement.

Do other people have a right to judge my creative process, though? (again, for a general value of "my").

I don't think so, off the top of my head. But I'm willing to be convinced otherwise.

(Anonymous) 2007-05-04 02:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Ok. Understood.

This is not meant as a dig, a tit-for-tat. It will INEVITABLY seem as one. (shrug) I don't dig Internet Ben, either. Let's just call it a draw, and get on with our work.