Anyone who wants to make good work needs to master the art of receiving constructive feedback, knowing what to do with it, and following through with making changes.  “There are no writers, there are only rewriters,” says author John Seabrook.

What pieces of feedback are useful? Which is most important? What are some possible solutions? How much time and energy do you have left? These are the questions you need to ask and answer.

When you develop a clear sense of judgment about creative feedback, you learn how to make the best work possible.

Equally important is learning not to be judgmental towards yourself and the people giving you feedback during this process. For some, this is more difficult to master; it hurts the ego to take in feedback, to know how much work there is left to do, to realize that your efforts may have left someone else disappointed.

One way or another, at some point, every master has learned to swallow their pride in service of their work.

Judge your work clearly, be less judgmental about it.