My friend just reviewed the second chapter and sent it to me. I am tempted to reply back to the mail, saying 'Bah, what do you know!' or something to that effect, just stronger. Handling reviews is so difficult. It's like someone telling you that your baby is ugly. It becomes even more painful when we spend hours writing a line and then we are told that it's dumb.
But unfortunately, it is a pain that I will have to carry with me. The best method I have come up with is that read the review first, but I don't react, as the first reactions invariably involve doubting the reviewers sanity, intelligence and human origins. I don't do anything on it for at least a week, and then I go through the review again. Initially it does seem that the reviewer must have nuts for brains, but after a sufficient period of time, the review comes across as quite valid. Not all the comments may be right, but some are; and then, some are quite beneficial.
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