How can you receive feedback on your copywriting without feeling defensive?

The client is always right. Your job as a copywriter is to give your clients what they want and need. When they provide feedback, thank them for it, and use it to help you improve your delivery in the future. If the feedback isn't relevant, still consider why your client felt the need to give you such feedback.

Use discernment. Not all feedback is relevant to you. Take into account who is giving the feedback. To get the best feedback, ask for impressions from people whose opinions you value highly.

If there is no one telling you what is wrong with your work, it doesn't mean you are always doing it right. Sometimes, it means you don't have the privilege of having someone to turn to for feedback. Feedback is important at every stage of your career. Be grateful when you receive it. It not only means that someone cares enough to analyze your work and share their point of view, but it also shows you different aspects where you can grow. Be humble in accepting feedback, even if it includes criticism. It only means you are trusted with more.

Gratitude is a rarity these days. And so is feedback. It is rare to receive feedback, good or bad. Always thank your client for the feedback, even if it isn't relevant to you.

Feedback helps us learn, grow, and break free from the linear thought processes we might become entrenched in. Feedback is crucial for everyone. Be open to it. Resist less and understand more. Feedback generates more questions and lines of thought, thereby offering more ways to approach the writing task.

You need to know the difference between constructive feedback, and someone having no clue what they're talking about. Whether that's the topic, the format, or your audience. Nobody want's a backseat writer. Someone willing to give constructive feedback will listen why it's important to keep a certain sentence (for example), but might just suggest a different way of saying it or even a different place to use it. A backseat writer will simply try to erase or replace something without any forethought as to why. Only that it's not the way they wanted it. Best thing to do in that scenario is try to explain why it's important, and perhaps even given an example. Still no luck? Then they have no one to blame but themselves if it goes wrong.