Stop Trying to Please the Critics

It's thier job to find fault anyway.  Any critic who gave nothing but glowing reviews without picking things apart would be fired.  That's not the job.  The job is to find fault.  The job is point out the alternatives that were passed on.  The job is to critique.  Nothing less than "perfection" (which each critic defines differently anyway) would appease them.  If you're doing your work to please a critic, you've already failed.

Instead, do your work to please your audience.  Know your tribe and do what you do to delight them.  They are who matters.

And even then, realize that sometimes, as the artist, you know best.  Which is why trust matters, too.

But let the critics critique.  It's what they do best.

And create your work anyway.  That's what you do best.