Comments on: [The Writing Director]: My Relationship with Criticism https://www.thestorydepartment.com/the-writing-director-my-relationship-with-criticism/ Story. Screenplay. Sale. Sun, 24 Feb 2013 03:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Claudine Arquette https://www.thestorydepartment.com/the-writing-director-my-relationship-with-criticism/#comment-1349 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 03:20:00 +0000 https://thestorydepartment.com/?p=27043#comment-1349 This is not only a funny piece of writing but really does open up a discussion about criticism that is not had enough. As artists we are meant to just learn to take criticism as part and parcel with our chosen career but why are skills in other workplaces/professions taught through yearly workshops etc but artists are just meant to learn it on their own. It is acceptable for employees in most professions to file for compensation if the emotional stress of dealing with their job has caused some sort of long lasting emotional turmoil/depression but I wonder how many artists file for this type of compensation, when we are probably the ones who need it most. Everything we do is personal but I am constantly hearing ‘Don’t take this personally’ before someone is about to rip apart something you have worked months/years on and something you put your heart and soul into.

I highly doubt criticism is something we were ever meant to take well. I wonder how Neanderthals took criticism. Neanderthal 1: “Look at my cave art, I spent all winter creating it” Neanderthal 2: “This is probably the gayest cave art ever made.” Neanderthal 1 reaches for wooden club and beats neanderthal 2 over the head with it.

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