Failure means that you have quit on your pursuit.
Rejection simply means that the entity to which you sent your request does not accept you, and that can be for a myriad of reasons.
Now, Why this distinction is important? Because, no matter how much you are rejected, you can always continue to work on your craft, and therefore, never quit and never fail.
Just because someone rejected your work, it doesn’t mean that you are not good enough, specially when it comes to publishing, because the BIGGEST reason for rejection is the amount of work they have already accepted and can handle.
That’s crucial to keep in mind.
And even if they tell you that your work isn’t* good enough, mind the tense. ISN’T. Present tense. It’s not good enough, for them, right now, with what they have got and for what they want. Those are a lot of factors in play. Being good enough to please them, at a moment that they are available to receive you, with EXACTLY what they want at that moment. No wonder it’s so hard to be traditionally published!
It is not about you. And even if it is, once again: “mind the present tense“. You can ALWAYS work on your craft, and you should work on your craft EVERY DAY.
ANOTHER thing that you should keep in mind is that, you as the writer are to please READERS, and NOT Publishers, so, go DIRECTLY TO THEM and let THEM decide if your work is good enough or not, but, given that readers can be cruel and/or vague, beta-readers are a good way to go. OR….. You can submit your book with us and get an experienced opinion about it, and if it turns out not to be good enough, well, you don’t have to pay a dime, and you’ll receive a constructive and detailed critic of what’s wrong with your book and how to solve it.
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Article written by Julio Carlos.
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