When I was 15 and first got computer access (and a fanfiction.net account), I was also a freshly awakened grammar geek. That meant I could see all the errors--and, thanks to being newly sensitized to it, couldn't stop myself from seeing the errors, either. I also lacked the experience or tact to know how to give a critique that wasn't entirely negative, because I knew I lacked the skill to know what was innately good, but I could tell when something wasn't.
Another commenter on a story I, ah, "critiqued" called me "rude and a little mean".
Through practice (and those science books I was reading), I figured out to nest all my negatives inside an opening and closing positive. That helped.
Not entirely, though. (Why would someone who "hates" a story read through twenty-plus chapters then politely point out a plot inconsistency?)
I also figured out that most people who claim to want honest feedback actually don't.
On one story in particular, the writer asked me to do a line-by-line critique. I did. Other readers of that story came after me.
I've also had plenty of cases of putting something out for critique and having people scold me for doing things that are actually correct or elements of the genre or style. (It was shocking how many people called "faerie" a misspelling.)
Personally, I would rather have someone tell me "I'm sorry, I despised your main character or writing style or something and couldn't get through the first paragraph" then have that person not say anything or slog through it to try to offer feedback. I also dislike receiving entirely positive feedback.
From my experience, I'm not the majority.
All that said, I'm more surprised that agents ever offer personalized feedback.
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