NOIRTRASH
Literotica Guru
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I think we all try to do this - and in particular, when I edit, rarely, I try to insert as little of my own voice as possible. But I bet it's harder to do than we think.
In both cases, I think you'd like - ideally - multiple opinions, so that you can tell what really doesn't work from a particular reader's (or author's) idiosyncrasies.
Occasionally he's more refined than that - he replaces "shit" with "word salad" in the case of poetry. (Not saying his POV lacks all validity. But he has very strong opinions and specific tastes - which takes me back to my answer to NotWise.
As a larval psychologist I was trained by a gang of perfessers who demanded brutal honesty and plain speaking. At the end my public evaluation by these people was worse than anything you poor babies experience. To condense it, they said I passed but they sure hoped I was never their therapist. Bob got the worst of it. Bob passed all the coursework and none of the clinical requirements. He simply couldn't get on the same page with anyone, if you cried because your dog died, Bob didn't get it. The perfessers were merciless, and he didn't graduate. One perfesser said, I COULDNT LIVE WITH MYSELF IF I TURNED YOU LOOSE ON THE PUBLIC. It was painful to hear because they pulled no punches. Bob sued and lost.
The attitude of the department was GET OVER IT OR GET OUT. The goal was for you to grow a hard shell before going out into the world. Snowflakes not wanted. My first job had trouble with me telling staff and management to go fuck themselves. But the language is common at many places. The best supervisors I had spoke it fluently. GO FUCK YOURSELF should be an affirmation you tape to your refrigerator and see every morning. Start your day with LC, GO FUCK YOURSELF.
THATS SHIT covers most of the shoddy wares posted at LIT. WORD SALAD covers all of your poetry. In fact, I changed your account name to WITHOUT RHYME OR REASON. Bulls-eye.