Love this Elissa Bassista! (I added an A for fun- what can I say, I'm Italian.)
Love the reframe. I needed this today!!!!!! I have been going through the Big R for a while now! And just today, there is a profound redirection commencing. 🩵 YES!
Reframe reclaim!! I was just talking about all my rejections recently and my husband said congratulations-You’ve put yourself out there which is more than most people 🤓 thank you for the reminder ♥️
Sometimes rejection means, "not ready." The piece needs more work before it is realized. Sometimes rejection means "unlucky." The editor on whose desk it landed just published a similar piece or wishes the piece was lighter or heavier or mentioned menstruation or peanut butter. How do you know which of all these things it means? You often can't. That is the great tragedy. Also, this series is a balm. Thank you.
This hit hard! I'm always excited to submit then wonder what went wrong when rejected. When you point out that rejected writers are still writing and the statistics on rejection, it caused a redirection! This series is wonderful! Thank you!
Another rejection arrived in my inbox yesterday, coinciding with the bedding in of a UTI. You can imagine that with this unfortunate turn of events, I too thought all the bad thoughts.
More writing, a short course of antibiotics and reading this piece has turned out to be the antidote. Hit me!
Love this Elissa Bassista! (I added an A for fun- what can I say, I'm Italian.)
Love the reframe. I needed this today!!!!!! I have been going through the Big R for a while now! And just today, there is a profound redirection commencing. 🩵 YES!
Reframe reclaim!! I was just talking about all my rejections recently and my husband said congratulations-You’ve put yourself out there which is more than most people 🤓 thank you for the reminder ♥️
Sometimes rejection means, "not ready." The piece needs more work before it is realized. Sometimes rejection means "unlucky." The editor on whose desk it landed just published a similar piece or wishes the piece was lighter or heavier or mentioned menstruation or peanut butter. How do you know which of all these things it means? You often can't. That is the great tragedy. Also, this series is a balm. Thank you.
This hit hard! I'm always excited to submit then wonder what went wrong when rejected. When you point out that rejected writers are still writing and the statistics on rejection, it caused a redirection! This series is wonderful! Thank you!
I looove this series. Even though I feel so small, I also feel on top of the world! Thank you! 😊
He may be dreamy, but you’re the sun. Thanks for a great reframing of rejection. Writers get rejected 70% of the time. Great perspective.
Another rejection arrived in my inbox yesterday, coinciding with the bedding in of a UTI. You can imagine that with this unfortunate turn of events, I too thought all the bad thoughts.
More writing, a short course of antibiotics and reading this piece has turned out to be the antidote. Hit me!
Thank you for sharing that 70% stat, it really made me feel so much better. Also, the reframing of down vs up is a real game changer.
I’m very gradually waking up to the idea that I need to read your stuff more consistently. Which will probably mean NOT reading as much junk.
Human centipedes just gonna keep on human centipeding...also WTF men submit to a column called FUNNY WOMEN???