I dislike literary jargon and never use it. Criticism has only one function and that is to help readers read and understand literature. It is not a science it is an aid to art.
Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making poetry.
Whenever you deal with science fiction you are setting up a world of rules. I...
He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.