VIDEO COURSE: Translating Feedback into Successful Rewriting
Created in 2020, this was an experiment in adapting How to Hear Feedback for Successful Rewriting into a video course. Like the book, the process will be turned into software and the content revised accordingly. Many of the assignments are available for download; however, central to the course is the exchange of writing for critique.
Introduction
Juanita introduces herself and offers an annotated outline of your learning story. The outline follows the arc of narrative so that the course becomes your learning story.
4:41 minutes
Confidence Survey
1 Applying Principles of Rewriting to Hearing Feedback
Hearing feedback is a learning process. The more you understand your unique way of learning, the easier it is to translate the feedback you hear into something new and better — or not.
6:58 minutes
2 The Phases of Transformative Learning
Juanita introduces herself and offers an annotated outline of your learning story. The outline follows the arc of narrative so that the course becomes your learning stories.
7:46 minutes
Writing Exercises
3 The Art of the Rewrite
Metaphors of how artists in different mediums create their work can help you articulate your own process. This exploration can help you design a way of getting feedback tailored to your own needs.
9:33 minutes
Artist Metaphor Survey
4 The Process of Receiving Feedback
Not everyone can give you helpful feedback. Consider to whom you ask to read your work. Also, plagiarism is bad, especially plagiarism paranoia.
8:32 minutes
Dramafied Critique Form
5 Critiquer Relationships Gone Bad
There’s nothing worse than toxic critiquers, but sometimes that may be unavoidable. First step is to identify what makes them toxic. Next step is to develop strategies to avoid getting hooked. They may not always work but you’ll get better with practice.
8:36 minutes
6 Overcoming Emotional Reactivity
How are you defensive and yes, you are, like everyone else. Knowing your defense mechanisms can help you conquer them. If you can’t and default to cognitive dissonance, you can learn to overcome your resistance and move forward.
7:07 minutes
7 Dramafied Process of Hearing Feedback
The Dramafied Process of Hearing Feedback (soon to be software) is a way of helping you recognize your sensitivities when receiving feedback as well as slowly desensitizing you to your triggers. The Process can be tedious but will train you to better understand a critique of your work.
3:29 minutes
8 Listening and Reframing
Learning the skill of active listening can make life easier, let alone the process of hearing critique. You are asked to summarize what you’ve heard. Put a new spin on that information and you’re on your way to reframing.
4:49 minutes
9 Changing Your Brain, Changing Your Mind
Your brain may have a different way of learning or resolving conflict than your mind does. However, like your mind, your brain can adapt to new ways of thinking. This takes both strategy and practice.
19:58 minutes
10 The Artful Rewrite
Revisiting artist medium metaphors is to help you determine what metaphor or metaphors work for you so you can finally do a rewrite.
3:54 minutes