Okay. I was rejected. Again
It hurts. I won’t lie. But when I look at the manuscript again, I immediately began to clean it up. Should I resend it?
It was for a National publication and the rejection nearly always makes me wonder if I’ve screwed up, or if I had a legitimate chance or if I was day dreaming.
1) I have to remember whether or not I sent it out as a lark or as a competitive piece that I thought had a real chance to win. this time i did.
2) I reviewed the work I sent. Was there too many cliches? Did I send it out with too many clerical errors? Was I too pedestrian? I this case, I suspect I was too pedestrian with too many clerical errors (though I don’t think there were many) and I suspect there were too many cliches.
3) I don’t think I was day dreaming – after reviewing the work, I think I was simply too amateur. Thought he contest is meant for amateurs, only the savvy actually get through..
I will try again with another piece that I could not define at an earlier time. I am able to see some weaknesses that existed before - so we shall see.
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