This is the best thing I’ve ever read about rejection. I definitely think this applies to any and all areas of life. And I so, so needed to hear this today! Thank you! 😻
The life of a writer is a rollercoaster. I have been "rejected" on four different pieces in the same day. I have also had four different pieces published in four different publications in the same week. Me being a writer can't depend on "rejection" or "acceptance". I am a writer because I write. If I had quit due to "rejection", I might have been able to say I WAS a writer. But, no, I still am. I'm buckled in, with my arms in the air, screaming! All aboard!
Your message is just what I needed to read. Thinking of sitting in uncertainty as a skill you have to develop to keep going as a writer is powerful. I've been doing it, but never appreciating it as a part of the process.
This is exactly what I needed to read! Feels like I've been sitting in my cloudy, foggy brain for over a month just wondering if I should give up. This (and a clean desk, finally!!!!) gave me the spark to sit down and write today. Thank you!
This is the best thing I’ve ever read about rejection. I definitely think this applies to any and all areas of life. And I so, so needed to hear this today! Thank you! 😻
Excellent!!!!!!
The life of a writer is a rollercoaster. I have been "rejected" on four different pieces in the same day. I have also had four different pieces published in four different publications in the same week. Me being a writer can't depend on "rejection" or "acceptance". I am a writer because I write. If I had quit due to "rejection", I might have been able to say I WAS a writer. But, no, I still am. I'm buckled in, with my arms in the air, screaming! All aboard!
What about that bitch inner critic though? Self rejection?
Ugh, that bitch inner critic! I wrote about self-shit-talk in my book Hysterical and in this essay: https://lithub.com/when-your-ocd-therapy-is-also-a-treatment-for-writers-block/. I'll write even more about the inner critic and how to battle that asshole in a future newsletter.
This is awesome. Sitting in uncertainty is gooood. Also hard. Thank you.
Thank you for this. It's something I have to relearn every few years!
Same. Only every few minutes.
Your message is just what I needed to read. Thinking of sitting in uncertainty as a skill you have to develop to keep going as a writer is powerful. I've been doing it, but never appreciating it as a part of the process.
This is exactly what I needed to read! Feels like I've been sitting in my cloudy, foggy brain for over a month just wondering if I should give up. This (and a clean desk, finally!!!!) gave me the spark to sit down and write today. Thank you!
So glad you're going to do more series! Looking forward to them.