*Oh* hell yes. I don't tend to work with a beta because of the way I work - I tend to hammer at something, making little tweaks, and occasionally going back and *completely* rewriting something, or bunging a line in somewhere several chapters back, and I will be working on it pretty much the whole time I'm awake. I looked into it, and I think I've vomited out about 50,000 words in the last two weeks. By the time I got the thing back from a beta's readthrough, it would have changed. Sometimes I think I ought to be checking what I write into CVS, it goes through so many revisions. The other reason is that if I take too many suggestions from someone else while I'm working on a piece, I'll either get completely disillusioned with the piece and not finish it, thereby having wasted someone's time and effort, which makes me feel bad, or end up feeling that it's not really *mine* any more. HOWEVER, I *love* getting feedback once I'm done. Especially when it's telling me what I've got wrong, or just could have improved. Once it's done and out there, I just don't feel the same way about suggested changes, I don't know why. I often will read a piece through after getting a comment, and go 'hmm, yep, they're right' and change it. If not, I'll try to bear it in mind for the next piece. Ego-inflating comments are great, but there's not a lot I like better than a good detailed comment telling me what worked and what didn't. The crit is of lasting use. A "Squee!" is a passing thrill.
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Date: 2009-06-12 11:07 pm (UTC)HOWEVER, I *love* getting feedback once I'm done. Especially when it's telling me what I've got wrong, or just could have improved. Once it's done and out there, I just don't feel the same way about suggested changes, I don't know why. I often will read a piece through after getting a comment, and go 'hmm, yep, they're right' and change it. If not, I'll try to bear it in mind for the next piece. Ego-inflating comments are great, but there's not a lot I like better than a good detailed comment telling me what worked and what didn't. The crit is of lasting use. A "Squee!" is a passing thrill.