“Treat feedback as a gift rather than as a slap in the face.” Frank Sonnenberg-Soul Food: Change Your Thinking, Change Your life Constructive feedback can help any writer irrespective of their talent or abilities. Any writer who wants to be published needs to be able to take on board criticism and even the best writers out there can benefit from a fresh pair of eyes on their work. Often writers will post pieces of their work in progress (WIP) online for comment, show their work to a family member or be asked in a workshop to provide feedback to others. This is a