Jacob and The Epics of India

  How to Give Bad Feedback Without Being a Jerk I always feel very awkward giving feedback when it involves some serious critique. I never want to hurt the author's feelings and I'm always trying to not come across as rude. This article provided some really good tips for coming across as helpful, without being too harsh. The main thing I took from this article was to be very transparent and open with how you feel about the work and to not speak as if from a point of superiority. I will definitely try to implement some of these ideas when I give feedback next. Five Reasons to Stop Saying "Good Job!" I think this is also a really useful article but for different reasons. While the first article was focused on not being too harsh, the second article was about not giving positive praise all the time. I've witnessed this first hand because have two younger sisters who are twins and are 9 years younger than me. When they were little, I noticed how when you tell a child ...

  A Fixed Mindset Could Be Holding You Back     I think that this article is quite relevant to me. While I don't necessarily think that I'm always right or always the best at something, I often do get stuck on one idea or method, and rarely revise. I think that having a growth mindset is extremely important when it comes to writing because you will always make mistakes and there will always be a better way to word something. In creative writing, it is important to be able to accept criticism and learn from it. How To Overcome Perfectionism     Perfectionism is something that I have struggled with for a long time. Firstly, I am OCD. Not just in the "Every painting has to be straight" kind of way, but truly OCD. So being a perfectionist has impacted many areas of my life. Also, I grew up doing very competitive gymnastics. I think that my time doing gymnastics definitely conditioned my brain to always strive for perfection and efficiency. Now, this isn't always a s...