How I Got Better At Taking Writing Feedback
For the delicate daisies like me who feel every red line like a dagger to the heart
For a long time, I was the only cowboy on my horizon. I freelanced, I wrote on my blog and on Medium, and I sent out my emails with nary a manager to be seen. My freelance clients, for the most part, were happy to let me do my thing with minimal oversight.
Then in 2023, I joined a PR agency ghostwriting in my free time. Suddenly my writing was subject to scrutiny — and, yes, even feedback — from a pro editor who was unafraid to correct me.
“Clarify.”
“This doesn’t fit the client’s brand tone, adjust.”
“Take this out.”
My editor was great, but he wasn’t gentle. It was a steep learning curve to get to a point where I could gracefully accept feedback without taking it to heart. However, a year later when I rejoined the full-time employment world, it was all worth it. At my very first performance review, my manager told me that I was “great at taking feedback.”
That feedback felt amazing.
If you want that personal growth journey for yourself, here’s what worked for me.
