@pluralistic@.fr 's post from yesterday on the real reasons peer critique is important for writers is relevant to creative fields generally:

'Getting editorial feedback that helps you shore up the weakest spots in a story that is ultimately never published and constitutes a learning exercise has value, but it has far less value than applying the things you've learned from making and fixing those mistakes to your *next* story. … The idea that an LLM might be able to stand in for a workshop is grounded in the fallacy that the point of a workshop is to have people tell you how to fix your story, rather than analyzing other people's writing in order to develop your own critical skills.'

https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/23/better-to-give/#than-to-receive