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4. The avoidance approach. Email back a terse two-liner, telling them that you appreciate
feedback but that your schedule is so hectic that you can’t possibly respond to it. Wish them eternal peace and happiness in closing line.
5. The mature approach. Email your reader back, let them know you appreciated them giving you feedback, and never comment on what you personally thought of their message. Then thank them and close it out. Sweet, simple, and very mature.
It looks like my friend is going to choose last option, which is certainly best one to take. But a thought now occurs to me - maybe, instead of these approaches, her good writer friend should just tell her that she’s doing fine, and not to let stuff like this bother her too much. He should also take time to remind her that not everyone is going to like everything that you write or say, and all you can do is your best and gracefully accept whatever comes along as a result. Finally, maybe her writer friend will simply remind her that her stuff is good, much better than some of writing being done today by columnists that’s so lame that a South Georgia tree buzzard could do better...
On second thought, I might better leave that last one out...she might start looking at me sort of quizzically after she reads it...
Ed’s latest book, “Rough As A Cob,“ can be ordered by calling River City Publishing toll-free at: 877-408-7078. He’s also a popular after dinner speaker, and his column runs in a number of Southeastern publications. You can contact him via email at: ed3@ed-williams.com, or through his web site address at: www.ed-williams.com.
