new direction and how to take a critique blog

Dear Collegues,
I am changing my thesis to prose to meet the page requirements. I will still be writing non fiction but prose. And to those of you who took your time to critique and encouraged the play. I am not trashing the idea but I need to work it out on my own. So I hope that you will come see it when it is completed. I am also going to try to take one piece of prose and perform at the end of the semester.
As for taking critique. It is so valuable to get feed back. I never get offended unless my whole concept is rejected and luckily that hasn't happened yet. Little stuff. When I am rich I will get an editor. I just remebered talking to a friend yesterday about writing that I stopped writing when I got sick of my dad ragging on me about grammar and dropping letters and paying no attention to the content of my writing. Luckily it didn't stick and I am now a writer. Having a an insane, abusive, english proffesor as a mother didn't help much either. So, I haven't talked to her for about 20 years and she googles my writing and speeches. But I don't have to hear about what she thinks. More importantly her is opinion is not important and her ability to be honest makes her opinion mute.
I value the feedback I get and I think I went more into this topic when taking about revisioning.
But, I have things I am not willing to sacrifice regarless of critiques and there is feedback that is so useful that I am just greatful when people are honest and risk hurting my feelings. The bottom line is any one who takes the time to read my work and make suggestions is showing my craft respect. Critique is a tool to enhance and improve my writing and I want more than anything to get better. In our group last night the word " hot seat" was used I prefer to think of it as the learning chair.
As for rejection to entire concepts I think it is so important to remember people have prefrences to what they read and what they think is good writing. So I want to remind anyone that might have hurt feelings that just because what you are working on might not be someone elses cup of tea does not mean your work doesn't have value to someone else.

Being a writer is so risky. You can't pretend that it did not come out of you and I have mad respect for anyone who is willing to put their heart and work out there.

I have a friend who was slammed in fiction workshops and she is a great writer. But she decieded to go for something else. Hearing about that made me angry and sad.

So I say to myself and to you let fear be excitement and critique be a gift and don't deny the world the opprotunity to recieve the gift of your work.
Suki