“That
which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
I was at a gallery opening on Saturday night and friends kept
coming up to me: “Where is your work? Why isn’t it in? “
And I had to say. “I got rejected.”
Now if you are an artist or writer, you get used to it. Or you give up making work.
But how do you deal with rejection?
Well you can toughen yourself up by trying the The Rejection Generator
Project :http://stoneslidecorrective.com/?page_id=441
Here are some samples:
Dear Artist
“We can see all the
work, care, and even love that you've put into this piece, which makes it
harder to tell you that we won't be accepting it. This is hard for us, because
we just can't stop laughing... All that work, all the devotions of your soul
and your heart, and you produce this? That's hilarious. We can barely type because
we're laughing so hard.”
Or how about this:
“Dear Writer,
I enjoyed reading
the opening pages of your novel but you didn’t follow our submission
guidelines. Prospective authors must be at least sixteen years of age. Based on
the chapters you sent us, I doubt you are older than ten.
Yours truly,
The Editors
As Nietzsche said:
“That
which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
Links:
www.annshaw.co.uk
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