My RL writing group has "critique levels" and the person submitting chooses how in-depth they want their critique to be. A "0" is "you pull your story out and wave it around, and people applaud the effort." A "1" is a general, overview-level critique: "does this story work? am I infodumping? are my characters interesting?" A "2" is more in-depth than a "1", and a "3" is full, line-by-line copyediting. Sometimes I wonder if fanfic communities could benefit from something similar, from a "I am a complete beginner and I'm not sure about this whole writing thing, so please go easy on me!" to "improving my writing is more important than anything else, so pick it apart, I can take it!"
I do understand the "giving up" concept, and I think how people react to criticism depends on a number of factors-- how they feel about writing (is this something you've always felt the urge to do, or a hobby you're trying for the first time?), how the criticism is written, what the general fandom culture is like, what the author is looking to get out of writing, and just general life experiences with criticism and the like. I got some fairly harsh criticism when I was just starting with fanfic writing, and while I certainly didn't stop writing, it embarrassed the heck out of me. I appreciate it now, though, looking back. :)
But I think there's a huge difference between true concrit and "sporking," and I'm always a little baffled when "badfic mockers" will say that they're "just issuing criticism." No, they're not, they're ridiculing, and while I do think any aspiring professional should learn how to handle that, I personally wouldn't want to deal with ridicule over something that I only do for fun.
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I do understand the "giving up" concept, and I think how people react to criticism depends on a number of factors-- how they feel about writing (is this something you've always felt the urge to do, or a hobby you're trying for the first time?), how the criticism is written, what the general fandom culture is like, what the author is looking to get out of writing, and just general life experiences with criticism and the like. I got some fairly harsh criticism when I was just starting with fanfic writing, and while I certainly didn't stop writing, it embarrassed the heck out of me. I appreciate it now, though, looking back. :)
But I think there's a huge difference between true concrit and "sporking," and I'm always a little baffled when "badfic mockers" will say that they're "just issuing criticism." No, they're not, they're ridiculing, and while I do think any aspiring professional should learn how to handle that, I personally wouldn't want to deal with ridicule over something that I only do for fun.