Hazel
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Just because some people have been blunt or a bit overly critical does not make writers haters. If someone posts an unedited piece of work online that is poorly written, they're not going to receive the praise they think they deserve. That doesn't mean they're being treated badly. It just means they're getting a dose of the real world and sometimes it's not worded kindly. That's the risk anyone takes when they post online.
I've never seen an instance where someone wrote well and got treated poorly. If you're speaking from personal experience, perhaps the writing wasn't as good as you had hoped. If not personal experience, then it could just be a difference of opinion where you thought the writing was decent whereas another thought it terrible.
I'd really not lump all writers together as if they're a collective. Plenty of writers are fantastic critiquers who have never treated a writer poorly. Also, I'd try not to confuse a writer picking apart a piece of work as picking on the writer themselves. Sure I have seen comments on here directed to the writer themselves (which I personally find rude) but if a writer is pointing out mistakes in the writing, they aren't treating the writer poorly, they're helping.
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Its tough love! They can;t say your work is perfect because its such a hard craft... You need to know your strengths and weaknesses. If they tell you there's nothing wrong with it. Then you wont learn how to become a better writer... Writing a book is not as easy as it looks. Some people just throw stuff together and send it in thinking they will get money. But you have to put in effort. I hope this help! :)
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I've never pointed out a flaw to a writer's work, to which I DIDN'T offer a fix. That said, it is hard to "be kind" to someone who thinks they can become a bestselling author, when anyone can tell they're struggling to make it out of the Ninth Grade.
Consider for a moment that fateful day when they actually submit their work to an agent or publisher. Agents and publishers do NOT critique or offer changes on manuscripts they haven't already accepted! They just send a very polite rejection slip stating the submission doesn't meet their current needs, and keep up the "good" work.
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No, if you write poorly, they treat you BADLY. Especially is you don't know your adverbs from your adjectives. This is because the world is so full of people who can't even form a lucid sentence but think they can be millionaire authors. It gets worse when they start asking you what should go in the book to make it a best seller, or when they want to known what name is right for a brown eyed lawyer with an overbite who is a really good person deep down once you get to know him.