When you share your work with other writers in a critique session or workshop, you’ll get lots of advice and different opinions. But the final decisions about your writing remain yours. 

Here, I draw on an essay from my book “A Poet’s Dozen” to explore the difference between comments, criticism, and correction and note how important it is to resist the pressure to make changes that don’t align with your vision. However experienced the other writers are, no one but you has the authority to "fix" your poem or story. 

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