A daunting part of any writers carear, Stephen King kept all of his on a wall, others will have their own special ways of dealing with the monster.
I wanted to start a fun post with some ways of 'coping'
"Turn them into paper aeroplanes and see if you can land them in the toilet" is the type of think i am looking for... "remember that you are just not what they are looking for and keep on trying" is not, you can get that sort of thing elsewhere.
witty anecdotes, dry humor and a little bit of narcissism and irony are all welcome here. Who knows, rejection letters may start to be fun.
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Most rejections come in the form of emails these days, don't they? I don't want to waste my own paper to print them out and then block my toilet with them...
My neighbour used to be a sales rep and was told to collect 'No's. I.e. ask people if they want to buy, but don't get upset about being told 'No', because when you get one hundred (or other arbitrary number) 'No's you give yourself a reward. The idea was to encourage the sales team to keep asking.
Maybe counting the rejections and looking forward to whatever treat we have promised when we get enough will encourage us to keep submitting.
What would you treat yourself to?
A big slice of chocolate cake? More printing paper? A dictionary?