critical thinking

some work will illicit an immediate reaction from you: that reaction will not always be critically accurate or fair.

when i know that i’m going to review something, i try to avoid any discussions of it online until i’ve handed my piece in. i’ll also avoid reading what other critics are saying if i haven’t yet formulated a clear take; it becomes harder to discern what qualms belong to me and which ones i have inherited from other people if internalize everyone... See more

learn to separate your personal opinion from your critical one. accepting that these can sometimes exist in contradiction to one another will make you feel saner, i promise.