feedback

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Okay. Um. I don't quite know where to start with this, which is kind of... odd. Anyway. Um. So, in my fiction class, I just received some incredible, insightful feedback from a classmate. It was, like, he saw something wrong with it, he explained why in perfect detail, and he also said how to fix some of it. Positive criticism seems almost like an oxymoron, but. I dunno, I'm just very happy about what he said, even though it means there's a bunch of holes in the piece I wrote. I'm trying now to construct a reply; I want to clarify things that I said and explain a bit, but without seeming defensive, because I'm totally not. He's right, and I'm right too, but I don't quite know how to say that without seeming like I'm just humoring him or something. gah, why is this so hard?

LOL, it's not the receiving criticism that I have problems with, it's replying to the criticizer. *facepalm*

eta: okay, I've sent a reply. hopefully I was able to adequately convey my gratitude for what he said in his comment. (wtf, am still stuck in "big, fancy word" mode, apparently) lol