A Tragic Act of Free Will

Criticism.

Now, let me be the first to say that I could be better at taking criticm.

However, I find taking criticism that does not take the nature of the piece into account, darn near impossible.

I hate receiving reviews on my prose pieces demanding a plot.

That is not the point of most of my writing. I am not a 'story teller' by definition. If anything, I'm a bit of an Imagist, but that's even a stretch.

The point is this: I like to use prose as others might use poetry. It really isn't that uncommon. I don't usually put my prose pieces under the category of 'fiction' or 'short story' because they aren't! I put them in the 'prose' category, because that is what they are!

Ugh. I just get so frustrated when people say 'it would be good if it had a plot' when all it's supposed to be is a three paragraph narrative or description.