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In a Clarion workshop, victims, I mean participants, usually sit or lounge in a
rough circle, where each in turn has to sit silently while every other participant
attacks, I mean critiques, the victim’s baby, I mean manuscript. The process
is brutal at the start, but because everyone is both attacker and attacked, most
participants soon learn valuable lessons in how to take and give criticism. And
until you’ve learned to take criticism you will always meet barriers to growth
in your craft.