Apparently, it fulfills all criteria for this assignment and even one more beyond that.
"Very well done. You're really talented at writing. I really like both style and content."
I would have liked some real feedback. Again, I suppose that the only learning that really happens is on your own. They've given me an opportunity to do some peer editing but in all instances it was very unrewarding. I did my best to both compliment and to give proper, constructive criticism; however, what I received was either compliment lacking constructivity, or just a vague neutrum, lacking all kinds of point.
There's an affliction worse than writer's block, at least to me. It's that time when you read through your latest draft and you just keep thinking, "Shit, this needs a rewrite". While it certainly isn't wrong to go over and rewrite bits of a draft, it's dangerous when you start looking over your text and decide that it's just not good enough. That's the time when you ruthlessly polish until it's nothing but gleam, or just tear apart every page in a rage.
You see, I like my texts to be a little bit crude. Too polished, too thought through, will just make it seem artificial and strange. Of course, the other end of the spectrum is horrible as well - when you just mindlessly write without either forethought or editing. Perhaps that makes sense when you're writing things, where the entire purpose is to just let your mind rip - like certain parts of this blog - but if you're looking to seriously produce some kind of quality, you need to make sure that your text is just right in that blessed middle.
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