metteivieharrison:

List of People Whose Opinion on Your Writing Doesn’t
Matter

1.      Your
mother, father, or any of your siblings.

2.      Your
spouse or your in-laws.

3.      Your
own children.

4.      Your
BFFs.

5.      Your
high school English teacher.

6.      Your
college English teacher.

7.      A
fancy writer who said once in a talk you remember not to write about fairies.

8.      All
the agents who have rejected you.

9.      Someone
offering to take your money to give you a blurb, review, or to fix your grammar
and “edit” your manuscript for submission.

10.  Your
writing group.

List of People Whose Opinion on Your Writing Does
Matter:

1.      You

2.      Possibly:
your agent or editor.