Tag: rejection letters
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Rejections: Helpful, Encouraging, Motivating
I was very intrigued by your call for rejection letters. Several years ago I, and the other entrants to a very small independently-run writing contest, received the general response below (the “sweet childhood story” referred to my entry). Based on these comments, I revised my story which was later published as “The Costume” on hackwriters.com.…
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Praise for a Rejected Short Story and Its Author
The rejection was so effusive, so loaded with good things about my writing, I’m shocked it didn’t come with a check. – Kurt Mueller “A good read [and a] dear writer…It is an honor and a thrill to see the incredible range of lives and voices represented in [this] story…This world is an outrageously…
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REJECTION SUCKS. GET EVEN.
Writers deal with rejection. A lot of rejection. We want your rejections. That’s right: send us your rejection letters, your correspondences with editors, your favorite acceptance mail, or anything else you want to share with other writers and we’ll share your comments on our blog. What you can send: Rejections letters. Correspondence with editors…