About Rejection
From http://www.missourireview.com/tmr-blog/archives/564
But don’t fret too much if you get a rejection letter. We receive so many submissions, even superior pieces are bound to get rejected. I know this is easy for me as an intern to say; as a writer, I know the feeling of rejection, like someone has looked into my soul and said, “No thanks.” It’s really not that bad, though. Think of it more like a lottery. The stronger your writing, the more tickets you have, but your odds of winning are never going to be great. At any rate, you can’t catch a fish if your hook ain’t in the water.
Comment by Sarah
Thanks for this. It cheered me up! Not much, but some. Like you, I only write Creative Nonfiction… so a dismissive rejection is difficult to take. I think I’d have been alright if it had come in a letter, addressed to me, and signed by someone. Which probably means I’m prissy. It’s been said.
Posted on 7/6/2008 at 10:16 am
Comment by Brian VR
Glad to know my post cheered you, some. I’m primarily a fiction writer, but I think rejection is hard to take regardless of genre.
Posted on 7/9/2008 at 7:26 pm