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Television Lesson for Writers 5/17/2004 12:38:21 PM
Coping with Publisher Rejection I watched a rerun of the teen witch series Sabrina this afternoon. In it Sabrina has her appendix removed so that she won’t make any more mistakes, which makes her perfect and causes her to expect perfection from those around her. She alienates herself from everyone, as she corrects their mistakes for them. She learns that she needs to embrace her mistakes, learn from them and move on.
I thought that this was an important piece of advice for writers to remember. If a piece of writing gets rejected, take any criticism given and use it to improve. If none is given, reread your manuscript with an eye to improvement but remember if the rejection states that the piece just isn’t right for their publication it may be as simple as that. Keep getting back on that horse and eventually you’ll succeed.
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