The Mindset of An Advisor
Knowing exactly how to give feedback and why it is so important to provide healthy, honest criticism about a fellow creative’s project is key to building up the creative department of God’s Kingdom! You might not feel ready — or you might feel a little too ready — but, regardless, the ball is in your court.
The Terror of Being Known
It could be a mentor you know you need advice from, it could be a teacher trying to grade your work, it could be a beta reader helping you spy the plot holes and mistakes in your writing, or a boss at a studio trying to get the best product for their client. Whoever it is, whatever it is, the process of providing your work up to be critiqued feels a little like offering up a lamb to slaughter.
And it’s usually terrifying.
Taking Advice From Others is Necessary
God puts people in our lives as creatives who can and will give us advice that we need to hear (crucially: even if we don’t want to hear it). He provides us with wise counsellors who can guide us in areas we are weak, lift us up when we are feeling burnout and uncreative, and teach us new skills in our craft.