Six Types of People Who Insult Your Writing (And What To Do About It)

First, a reminder about those who upset you with callous comments:

Anyone who offers open commentary on your work is giving you an opinion, not a fact.

I haven’t always realized this truth. The first time I got published in CNBC, I had 50 comments congratulating and praising me. I had one comment which said it was “boring.” Guess which comment I remembered?

It went the same way that time I wrote a single Quora answer which rocketed to half a million views in the matter of a few days. That post makes up for 1/5 of my total views on the platform! One person said this:

“This could be a copy and paste of any popular Quora answer. Let me guess — you also have a book and a blog.”

The one that hurts most still sits at the top of my Amazon reviews. If you scroll down past the book (which almost always has that shiny orange bestseller tag), you’ll see this:

“There’s nothing wrong with Todd Brison. Or his delivery. Or his material.

It’s just that I’ve heard it all before — and better…