You’re a writer; expect rejection!
It’s gonna happen — somewhere, somehow, someday — whether that rejection comes in the form of a letter from a publisher who declines your newest novel or poem, or you get a bad review from a respected book critic, or you receive a few 1-star Amazon reviews, or your blog doesn’t get nearly as many hits as you’d hoped. It’ll happen, and it’ll hurt. But rejection can also be instructive!
So how do you develop the skills needed to weather these storms of criticism, disappointment, and rejection?
Top 5 articles on how writers can cope with rejection in a healthy way
1. 5 Ways to Get the Most out of Your Rejection Letters
3. Resilience: How to Deal with Criticism and Rejection
4. 4 Tips for Writers on How to Take Criticism like an Adult
5. 7-Step Guide to Submitting Work for Publication (Because you need to dust yourself off and KEEP GOING!)
So how do you deal with rejection? Let us know in the comments section below.
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