Rejection Sucks and Then You Die: How to Take a Dear Sad Sack Letter (and Shove it)
In what job other than writing must you seek out frequent and concrete rejection? Okay, fine, but go get your own self-pitying rant.
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Fail Better
“Then again, you might not be the funny type. How about making the rejection letter poignant, depressing, or even hurtful? Push the envelope. Your audience is a bunch of bored writers begging for a little drama in their pathetic lives. Never be sort of poignant!
...moreRejection Practice
“The Rejection Generator rejects writers before an editor looks at a submission. Inspired by psychological research showing that after people experience pain they are less afraid of it in the future, The Rejection Generator helps writers take the pain out of rejection.”
Here’s a handy tool to support “rejection immunity” and ease the fear of sending submissions into the wild.
...moreLit Mag Editors Should Do This, Too
“… Professor Sandel says a “philosophically frank” university should tell those it rejects that “we don’t regard you as less deserving than those who were admitted” and that “it is not your fault that when you came along society happened not to need the qualities you had to offer.”
In a similar vein, those accepted should be told: “You are to be congratulated, not in the sense that you deserve credit for having the qualities that led to your admission – you do not – but only in the sense that the winner of a lottery is to be congratulated.
...moreThe Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
The book blogs are full of awesome this week. You should read them.
How to write to an editor: “I have given your request for evidence 23 hours of thought, the proper number of hours to come up with the right proof.
...moreThe Fine Art of Rejection Letters
Jean Hannah Edelstein rejected over a thousand books during her two year publishing career. She was once fifteen minutes into a date before she realized she had rejected her partners manuscript. Over at The Guardian she considers a compendium of rejection letters
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