I suck at accepting constructive criticism of my writing

I don't take critisim well either.

I take the advice, sure, but I still find it painful.

Hmm. Maybe I should model the hero of my novel on Roger Ebert. That'd be interesting. See how many peoples pick up on it... :D

SUBVERSIONS ARE ALWAYS GOOD GORRAMMIT.

I refuse to believe otherwise. A challenge or new way of thinking always encourages the writer to approach the subject from a new angle.

From the audience's pov of course being subjected to Roger Ebert my strawman of Roger Ebert for five hundred pages might not be so good.

For me the process is something like this:

1) Guy starts pointing out what he thinks are flaws. I get annoyed.

2) Guy points out huge flaw. I totally agree on that flaw and I kick myself for writing such crap.

3) Guy lists other flaws. Now I listen and pay attention to what he has to say, but most of this is just minor stuff.

And before you ask, there is always a big flaw. It might not be big from a story standpoint, but for a perfectionist like me...