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...

4. Critical Analysis is Key – The difference between a review anyone can write and a review people will clamor to read is in how well you analyze film. Think about those papers you had to write for lit class in college. The professor didn’t want you to just tell him what book was about but wanted you to break down themes in book and how they related to plot, characters, etc. Well same is true for a movie review. No one wants a summary of events or plot. A good review will examine themes or ideas movie raises and talk about how well or not so well movie executed those themes and ideas.

5. Point Out Pros and Cons – No movie is perfect and rarely is any movie all bad, so take time to talk about what movies does well and what it does not so well. 6.Be Original – For some folk it is two thumbs up, for others it is rotten tomatoes. Whatever you decide you want your rating system to be, be original. Try to find a hook that works for you. Just don’t do something that closely resembles someone else or you’ll just seem like a bad copy of original.

Follow these steps and you’ll be writing best reviews web has to offer and your readers will constantly come back for more week in and week out. Happy writing.

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