Rising above the noise: Learn from Lizzie Velásquez’s masterclass on handling negative feedback

Natasha Tynes
2 min readApr 30, 2023
Lizzie Velasquez. Photo credit: Michael Buckner

As writers and creators, dealing with negative feedback is a right of passage.

How we handle it, though, is up to us. We can let that crush us or motivate us.

Lizzie Velásquez, who was born with a rare cognitive disease, chose the latter.

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Natasha Tynes

Writer. Journalist. Words in @washingtonpost , @ElleUK , @esquire . I write about: ✍🏼 Writing 📲 Creator economy 🌍 Mideast