> A reader complained... [forgot to describe the MC]
While I don't know how many comments or reviews your story got, I would hazard a guess that none of the other readers noticed the lack. Many may have liked the omission but said nothing!
When I ran critique workshops, I made a point of telling participants that they were under no obligation to accept anything said. The author alone gets to pick and choose; only the author gets to fix or clarify what resonates or seems helpfu, or nothing at all. I point out what participants receive from the process is simply what happens when a reader percolates your words in their minds, filtering them through their preferences, preconceptions, and prejudices, and writes the result down. Patterns could point to consistent attributes or issues, or not. It's a way to measure whether you are productively programming reader's heads and getting the message through, or not.
Of course, if you wanted to do something and didn't, you'll probably not make the same mistake in the future! 😋
#pennedpossibilities #author #writer #writingCommunity #writersOfMastodon
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