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VIDEO: How To Handle Rejection

Writing coach Teresa Funke shares her best tips on dealing with the hardest aspect of being a writer, getting rejections. Download Teresa’s Submissions Tracking Chart to track your rejections and acceptances.

6 Steps to Fewer Rejection Letters

Most writers have weathered rejections. I know I have. For every acceptance I receive, I can count five to ten rejections. I’ve learned to live with this. (Mostly.) However, there are ways of minimizing rejections.

“I can’t control whether an editor likes my story,” an inexperienced writer may object.

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How to Decode a Rejection Letter

You know you’re a writer when you get your first rejection letter. It’s an inevitable part of the process. And it stinks. After you yell, or cry, or curse out the editor who clearly doesn’t know a good thing when he sees it, it’s time to decipher exactly what that rejection letter means.

Create a Plan for Dealing With Rejection

Start a list of where your manuscript’s been submitted and what the response has been. Keep track of the number of form rejections and/or any personal comments from editors. Devise a strategy now for how to handle revisions when you’ve hit your personal limit on rejections. This may