“…revision is where the work gets done…” Raven Leilani QUOTES FOR WRITERS
I don’t think I started writing anything good until I accepted that rejection is par for the course. It made me less precious. It made me realise that revision is … Continue reading
Had your manuscript rejected? Nervous about approaching a publisher? Expert help is at hand…
Normally I just pass on information about writing opportunities, hoping that it will be useful but this time it’s different. I KNOW this course will be useful because I know … Continue reading
Get used to living with recurring, crippling doubt…Paul McVeigh QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
…get used to rejection. It happens to us all. I know writers who got rejected even after 4 or 5 novels already published. You will also have to get used … Continue reading
Remember today’s date if your writing has ever been rejected
If your writing has ever been turned down (and you’re not a real writer if you haven’t been through that experience: you’re a writer who doesn’t send stuff out…) October … Continue reading
Writers: don’t think of it as rejection – Barbara Kingsolver Quotes for Writers (and people who like quotes)
This manuscript of yours that has just come back from another editor is a precious package. Don’t consider it rejected. Consider that you’ve addressed it ‘to the editor who can … Continue reading
9 famous authors rejected by publishers (comfort for emerging writers)
I enjoyed reading the article published by The Writers Circle website about famous authors who were not only rejected (in one case 800 times), but also had to suffer crushing … Continue reading
2014 – A Year of Literary Rejection
Originally posted on erinnamettler:
Last New Year I posted a piece about my plans to submit writing to every possible publishing opportunity. I said I was going to organise my…
“It’s all down to luck…but the harder I work the luckier I get”
Today is the day they will announce the winner of the 2013 Booker Prize (as I write Jim Crace seems to be the favourite with Colm Toibin a close second), … Continue reading
DID YOU KNOW about these famous rejections?
Towards the end of a course I often remind students that there are people who go to bed every night knowing that they once held the manuscript of Harry Potter … Continue reading
