50 years on since Charlie Bucket (the luckiest boy in the world) discovered his golden ticket to the amazing Chocolate Factory.
This is a classic! I'm surprised nobody has mentioned it. Been on the news and everything. I didn't realise and was shocked to discover that this absolutely british story (inspired by Cadbury) was published in the USA first!!! and received 11 rejections from british publishers!
It really goes to show that (What the heck do these publishers know?) So many classic and beloved stories have had numerous rejections.
I say believe in yourself and don't listen to criticism. Try and try some more. Don't give up until you've made yourself a nuisance. They may think they know what's best and what's 'good enough' but they really don't. They speak for themselves, not the public! Fact!
'One mans rubbish is another mans treasure.'
So they may slap your work on the slush pile or even in the bin, but someone else might just pick it up and want it.
In the end it is the publishers loss. You can always pick your work up and carry on and even make a break through some day.
Practically every single one of my personal favourite stories has had a rejection story of its own. It just makes you want to say 'What the?' Why turn down something so brilliant? Are the publishers blind? stupid? I'm just thankful that my favourite books are out there and some knowledgeable sane publisher noticed its potential. Can you imagine a world without Harry Potter, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Beatrix Potter, Roald Dhal, I can't.
So pay no attention to those nasty little creatures we call publishers.
And keep moving forward!
You may be new ( I am new too ) but you have posted a very inspiring and thought-provoking view. Really liked reading it.
As for typo mistake, don't worry about it. Our mind and fingers work at different speed. Most of the time they synchronise with each other. Other times they don't - thus typo mistakes.
Nowhere in my writing did I say be nasty to the publishers. I was just encouraging self-belief. It is quite the opposite. Publishers have an authority over you, which is quite uncomfortable. Your fate with them is in their hands, they decide your future. You'd think (being a company for the written word) they would at least have the decency to reply to you in a civilized manner. But no. And when it comes to covering letters, as the writer you are expected to 'kiss their bottoms' and lavish their publishing house in compliments. But when they turn you down, I think you are entitled to secretly hate them. You're only human. But if they accept you, you probably love them.
It is probably a good policy to be nice to the publishers, after all, your success depends on their whims, their likes and dislikes even their digestion or possibly indigestion!.
r.