I try to get my students in creative writing classes trained in this early by the rule they cannot argue with the peer responders in workshops (in fact they cannot talk AT ALL). It's the hardest thing for them, (and some never learn).
But it's good practice for later. The only thing they should say, I tell them, is thank you for your input! To an editor, if need be: "thank you for your time" or, if appropriate, "your timely response."
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Date: 2010-01-13 09:36 pm (UTC)I try to get my students in creative writing classes trained in this early by the rule they cannot argue with the peer responders in workshops (in fact they cannot talk AT ALL). It's the hardest thing for them, (and some never learn).
But it's good practice for later. The only thing they should say, I tell them, is thank you for your input! To an editor, if need be: "thank you for your time" or, if appropriate, "your timely response."