D.L. Orton asked W. Lawrence:

How do you keep from going postal every time some plot-challenged reader leaves a review that is clearly missing the point? Does it involve alcohol? (Is it a career-limiting move to answer this publicly?)

W. Lawrence While it may be frustrating to have somebody "not get it", I try to take all the critiques as help. I highly doubt they are lying, so the reader is conveying frustration, and in an elliptical way, cares enough to communicate that to you. Take it as a blessing, cool off, and then ask yourself if your book could have been better. I think most of us can say 'yes'. Obviously you don't want to write with the goal of making every human being like your book, but I doubt many of us can say we've written the perfect piece of literature.

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