Well, by now it's closer to 400, but that's my point. Roughly 10 rejections per story written, roughly 100 rejections per story sold over what's by this time a decade of sending stories out. I never used to understand why any sane person would give up writing AFTER selling their first or second story, but by now it makes sense. I don't know how many rejections this woman got before she decided her first sale was a fluke; you didn't say. But how many would you consider to be reasonable? Especially form rejections, which always leave you in doubt that the person even gave your story a chance.
I don't think rejection ever made me a better writer. Constructive criticism, exposure to good and bad writers, absolutely those things had a vital impact on my writing. Rejection, though? Do you feel that rejections you've gotten have made you a better writer?
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Date: 2006-07-18 03:27 pm (UTC)I don't think rejection ever made me a better writer. Constructive criticism, exposure to good and bad writers, absolutely those things had a vital impact on my writing. Rejection, though? Do you feel that rejections you've gotten have made you a better writer?