Awaiting feedback on a piece of writing/editing that I submitted recently, I was (and still am) feeling uncomfortable about the reaction it will receive. I decided to document the kind of letter I most fear. I hope I'm now more ready to deal with whatever feedback I do receive. Hopefully it will not be quite this bad.
Dear Joanne:
We received your piece of writing. Normally we would thank a writer at this point but, in this case, we do not find it appropriate to do so.
Your work on this piece was not what we expected. Our concerns go so much beyond this one piece, though. We suggest you find someone to go through the rest of the letter with you. For one thing, you may find some of the content upsetting. Also, we think you may need help with some of the larger words.
We are concerned about your state of mind. Writing such as yours does not come from a healthy place. And whatever events in your life led you to believe you have any writing ability were misinterpreted. Clearly your judgment is very poor.
While we hope you understand by this point that we will not be using this piece, we must brace you for some more bad news. Based on this one document and the questions it has raised about you, we have chosen to revoke your membership in our association. Your fees will be refunded and, more importantly in our view, we will direct you to the professionals you need. We believe that the team we put together will have a chance of making some degree of progress with you. That is our hope.
We understand that you may be somewhat disappointed by this turn of events. So are we. We wish you good luck in your future endeavours and fervently hope that they will not be in the writing field. That would be best for everyone concerned.
From,
People Who Know
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