An important step in improving your writing is learning how to participate in the feedback process. It’s more than just learning how to to take criticism of your work. You need to learn how to give feedback to other authors in a constructive and analytical way.

Giving and getting feedback will help you figure out what works in your writing. We are often blind to our own works for various reasons. Most notably, we know what it should say, and we know what we meant. It’s difficult to read our own writing with the same eye as a reader. To get better, you simply need to start critically reading writing from other people.

Listen to this episode for more about the feedback process and how to improve your writing by being critical.

First aired January 5, 2023.