I believe there is a significant difference between fishing for praise and seeking feedback. In the former, you are looking only for the positive, whereas in the latter, you are looking for information, whether positive or negative.
When I look for feedback, I'm trying to find ways to improve what I'm doing. One of the reasons I stopped going to the Albert Ross Society's creative writing group was because it was a whole bunch of back-patting, and no real constructive criticism. It was useless to me as a writer. Sure, it's nice to hear that people like your story, but if all you hear is how nice a story is, without ever getting any useful information on how to improve, the whole experience becomes vacuous.
Yes, I like to know what I'm doing right, but I find it more important to know what I'm doing wrong.
My goal as an artist/entertainer isn't necessarily to please my audience, but to make them think or feel. For example, I've written some things which have inspired outrage rather than pleasure.
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When I look for feedback, I'm trying to find ways to improve what I'm doing. One of the reasons I stopped going to the Albert Ross Society's creative writing group was because it was a whole bunch of back-patting, and no real constructive criticism. It was useless to me as a writer. Sure, it's nice to hear that people like your story, but if all you hear is how nice a story is, without ever getting any useful information on how to improve, the whole experience becomes vacuous.
Yes, I like to know what I'm doing right, but I find it more important to know what I'm doing wrong.
My goal as an artist/entertainer isn't necessarily to please my audience, but to make them think or feel. For example, I've written some things which have inspired outrage rather than pleasure.