Rejection for Writers

Question: How can writers deal with rejection?

Answer:

. Have a rejection party.

 

 

. Start a rejection slip file.

 

 

. Send your material to the next publisher on the list.

 

 

. Write something else.

 

 

Quote: “Remember, there is something worse than rejection, and that’s never writing (or submitting) anything to be rejected in the first place.” P. 27.

 

 

Comment: In short, rejection is not the end of the world. I keep telling myself that. RayS.

 

 

Title: “How to Cope with Rejection.” Moira Allen. The Writer (April 2011), 26-27.