Bad Peer Review. Classmate telling me to rewrite instead of giving advice.
I am a creative writing major in college. So often in class we do peer reviews amongst our classmates to get feedback. But as of lately, I feel like their is one classmate in particular who is targeting me and being very rude. The whole point of a peer review is just that. To review and give advice on how we could better our writing liking giving tips and suggestions for improvement. And as many writers know, it is important and also good etiquette to respect other writers writing styles. But this classmate just never does my peer review correctly. He is always a condescending and tells me what I need to change such as what characters need to be removed, how he would have written it and so on and so forth. You should never EVER tell another writer how to write their story, that's what my professor has always taught us. Now, I'm not saying I'm against feedback, but for him to tell me to rewrite my story to fit his preferences is like a slap to the face. I want to address the problem but I don't know how. And am I vindicated in feeling upset about the way he treats his reviews of my work?