Thread: How to deal with rejection.

Tip #1: Know that it was your work that got rejected not YOU.

#2: Let rejection make you angry, and throw that energy into making the work better.

#3: Set a time limit on how long you allow yourself to wallow. And know that the goals is to whittle wallowing from days, to hours, to not caring for one second.

It takes immense maturity to reject your own bitterness.

#4: Decide you will succeed, or die trying. That means you have the whole rest of your life to fail, get rejected, and get the fuck back up.

Get up faster. Rise like the champion you are.

#5: Let the rejection humble you. Thinking that you’re good is the enemy of actually BEING great.

#6: Let the rejection take you closer to nature, your own and in the world. Seek solace in flowers, stones on the beach, and in the eyes of strangers. Get out of the damn house.

#7: Separate yourself from despair. You will despair. Observe it. Discover your own despair, and let it fuel the depth of your characters. Pour your feelings into them. Help us see ourselves by writing close to the bone.

#8: Write immediately. The second you get a rejection, train yourself that the only place you go is back to work.

Do this after your successes, too.

#9: A great writer is not a prodigy. Prodigies only exist in the other arts. Writers need to know the world, themselves, and each other. Let the rejection make you vulnerable so you can feel your aliveness.

That’s the doorway to your power.

#10: Force rejection to make you a champion. This is not your hobby. There’s a saying in Zen:

7 times down, 8 times up, such is life.

Let rejection make you a person you would respect and admire. Don’t complain. Take a breath.

You got this. You really do.