This is far from perfect. This is whiny. This is pathetic.
If you are putting art you have created into the public sphere, you have lost any right to attempt to dictate to your audience how they can or cannot critique your work. No matter how good you are, people won't like your work. If you can't deal with that, then stop making it.
My favorite: the Anti-Narcissist, who is less a counterpoint to the Narcissist as suggested by Shinn, and more a manifestation of Shinn's own narcissism: if the audience didn't like your play, of COURSE they should go away and think about it some more!
On How To Tell A Playwright You Didn’t Like His Play
This is far from perfect. This is whiny. This is pathetic.
If you are putting art you have created into the public sphere, you have lost any right to attempt to dictate to your audience how they can or cannot critique your work. No matter how good you are, people won't like your work. If you can't deal with that, then stop making it.
My favorite: the Anti-Narcissist, who is less a counterpoint to the Narcissist as suggested by Shinn, and more a manifestation of Shinn's own narcissism: if the audience didn't like your play, of COURSE they should go away and think about it some more!