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Writers, Dealing With Rejection Should be Your Middle Name

Rejection can come in many forms, but you can’t let it dim your creative spark.

Anangsha Alammyan
Freelancer’s Hub

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Rejection can crush your ego.

As a writer you’re all by yourself. Be it while brainstorming ideas, creating outlines, or crafting a story — you do it all alone.

There are days when you’re unable to finish a story for days — even when you thought it’d hardly take a few hours.

And when you finally finish a draft and show the courage to publish, your article falls flat.

This is all in a day’s work for me. I’ve been a full-time writer for three years now, and I still face rejections every week. These rejections come in many forms — let’s talk a bit about them.

Rejection from publishers or clients

Not everything you write will be accepted by publishers.

Sometimes, you’re asked to edit your piece or redo the story.

But it’s worse when all you get is a blunt ‘not selected’ response with no feedback. It can take a toll on your creative self, leaving you wondering what the issue was — the topic, the tone, or something else.

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