Although our critique groups for poetry and prose are not meeting at this time...

 "Unsolicited feedback isn’t critique, it’s criticism. Call it the first rule of Write Club: if the writer didn’t ask for your feedback, it’s unlikely that your input will be helpful."

https://writerunboxed.com/2021/01/04/the-gift-of-critique/

The successful author, Hope Clark, wrote an excellent article on the difference between critique and criticism. 

"There are no good writers, only good re-writers."

That is why we often take our work to critique groups such as we have in NCWN-West counties, Cherokee, Clay, and in North Georgia. We want to hear feedback from other writers, but we want to hear it from people who know the etiquette for giving critique. I have heard from people who stopped going to groups where people were unkind and rude when commenting. That is the best way to stymie a budding writer or a shy writer. I believe in encouraging writers and offering suggestions when they want them and doing so in a kind way.

Hope Clark gives some good advice in her article.