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Originally Posted by The Sevenshot Kid
Specifics? Alright, specifics. Let's say this person really likes to write. They absolutely love it and spend tons of time working on it but they make the simplest grammatical and spelling errors while delivering a stilted plot with uninteresting characters. They keep doing this because they think they'll be able to publish a successful novel.
I like to write and a lot of my friends like to write. I don't consider myself to be that good of a writer by any stretch of the imagination but I know people that are worse. And they refuse to edit or address constructive criticism. I honestly would like to help these friends of mine but what can you really do when they won't let you?
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Man, it's a bit too obvious who're you talking about.
I'm going to say writing something takes a lot of maturity and if the person struggles with that already, criticism won't be taken too well. I draw sprites, and I think I've improved since I started, but good criticism is hard to come by - no one actually comments on anything but like, oh it's tiny, which, yeah, it is - but on writing it ain't.
If you've already done plenty and they've proved to be pretty much impervious to criticism, I'm not sure it can be helped. Although, sometimes, improving can be hard and talent varies. Research always helps, though.