Because rejections slips are on my mind, I googled “rejection slips”. Yeah, I know, goofy.<\/p>\n
They’re agony for a lot of writers, especially ones who write mostly for the love of their stories and characters and are not looking at writing with an eye to business.<\/p>\n
First off, I want this really clear: I consider that sort of writing a totally valid form of art. I eyeroll people who are “writing a book” because they usually say it to try to impress. I can tell the difference between that and, “I’ve got this story I’m writing that I love.” There is a big difference.<\/p>\n
But, back to rejection slips.<\/p>\n
Why, why, why, is this a huge deal to the person who wants to go pro?<\/p>\n
If you wanna go pro, you’re basically saying, “I’m an entrepreneur and my product is my words.”<\/p>\n
If you’re going to be in sales, which as a writer who wants to be paid, by God you are, you need to learn some facts about selling<\/em>:<\/p>\n I’ve read a lot of sites about rejection and dealing with it in the past few months, and I’ve found the ones not aimed at the artiste<\/em> a lot more useful than the ones aimed specifically at the writer.\u00a0 Don’t paper your damn bath with your rejection slips.\u00a0 If you must keep them for tracking purposes, be business-like about it and file the things.\u00a0 Someone selling telephone systems doesn’t keep a memento of every “no” he gets like a serial killer keeping a tooth from each of his victims. \u00a0 Don’t you do it!\u00a0 Be a pro. Because rejections slips are on my mind, I googled “rejection slips”. Yeah, I know, goofy. They’re agony for a lot of writers, especially ones who write mostly for the love of their stories and characters and are not looking at writing with an eye to business. First off, I want this really clear: I consider … <\/p>\n\n
\n1<\/sup>They don’t get into it for the money! Median annual earnings for salaried editors were $43,890 in May 2004. Okay money, but no-one’s going to encourage their child to marry an editor for the financial security<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"