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Writing Rejection- Dejection
How we get into it, and how we get out
We write for a number of reasons.
We like it.
We think we’re pretty good at it.
We have the desire to share our gifts.
We’d like to make some money off it.
The ego that fuels our belief that the world is just waiting to read our creative take on the universe, is the very same ego that is mortally wounded when an editor or a reader doesn’t share our enthusiasm.
The higher the esteem in which we hold our words, the harder we fall.
The set up
After you’ve submitted that perfect package of wit and wisdom, you’ve assured yourself that you followed the rules.
You’ve adhered to submission guidelines, you’ve subjected your piece to Grammarly and given your headline the once over.
You pick a publication and sweat the tags.
And then you press the button.
Like the beloved child dispatched for the first day of school, you let it go, but not without concern.
Despite all statements about the length of time for a response, you have fleeting thoughts that your piece is so incredible that…
