So you got a 1-star review...
You wrote a book and it's out there for the world, and... you see a 1-star review on Amazon. You will understandably question your life choices, especially if you did everything yourself or paid actual human money for services (if someone is accepting monopoly money, please let me know). But this isn't the time to give up; you're a writer, and negative feedback shouldn't send you into a tailspin of questioning and mixed family dynamics of failure. But a 1-star or 2-star review can be useful for you, and you shouldn't let it ruin your day. Why Reviews Feel So Important A review is a different sort of feedback; it's usually unrequested. Now you might ask for a review but that's not typically the case. What you will likely be seeking, at least in the early stages of writing, is constructive feedback. You want this feedback to improve your craft, but a review of a published work can often leave you feeling depressed because it mentally attacks all of your inse...
