Nope, because you didn't fire your first tier. You walked away from a crit group, and that's not at all the same thing, since there were folks in that group who were highly critical in a deconstructive manner, and/or passive-aggressive about their support. A tier is formed when the audience comes to you, and stays no matter what you say/do (for the most part).
I'm not saying that as writers that we purposefully bend our work to the influence of readers, but it does happen. Hell, you can see it in our co-crits of each other's work, in that another person's take on a character or sub-plot opens doors we hadn't seen before. That's obviously the gentle influence, as opposed to the nasty-grams of "I can't believe you killed Kenny! He was meant to be with..." etc.
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Date: 21 Feb 2005 09:25 pm (UTC)I'm not saying that as writers that we purposefully bend our work to the influence of readers, but it does happen. Hell, you can see it in our co-crits of each other's work, in that another person's take on a character or sub-plot opens doors we hadn't seen before. That's obviously the gentle influence, as opposed to the nasty-grams of "I can't believe you killed Kenny! He was meant to be with..." etc.