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- Go to Persistence in the face of repeated rejection. Can you go the distance??
loanlady, ROFL!!
Thanks for the laugh.
posted by
Julia.
on November 15, 2004 at 4:27 PM
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L.E. Gent,
very good approach.
I agree, form rejection letters suck.
posted by
Julia.
on November 15, 2004 at 4:27 PM
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"If at first you don't fricasse fry fry a hen" - ( W. Faulkner with a few loan- lady changes)
I can be a pain until I get my way!
posted by
the-loanlady
on November 15, 2004 at 1:45 PM
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Had meant to reply earlier on this one....
What irks me with most of them is the ones that go: "thank you for your excellent article/synopsis/query. We read it with great interest, but unfortunately we have received a number of articles/synopses/queries on the same topic of higher quality, so we will not consider your submission at this time."
Or the ones that include generalised ciriticisms that don't have anything to do with your own article or story (especially fiction) .
In other words, form letters.
How many before giving up? Depends... I usually don't count the form letter ones, and have otherwiase had a lot and still keep trying.
posted by
L.E.Gant
on November 15, 2004 at 1:25 PM
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Alf,
Very glad to hear that.
posted by
Julia.
on November 14, 2004 at 9:22 PM
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Wolf,
Yeah, I understand completely.
posted by
Julia.
on November 14, 2004 at 9:22 PM
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Taps,
Just one? Ooooh, that is bad!
posted by
Julia.
on November 14, 2004 at 9:21 PM
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canine, ROFL.
Consider it done. Now...where do you live?
posted by
Julia.
on November 14, 2004 at 9:20 PM
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Probably the first one would do me in, Quirky.
posted by
TAPS.
on November 14, 2004 at 4:54 PM
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A whipping could help
posted by
canine277
on November 14, 2004 at 4:44 PM
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Sadly, I would probably crumble pretty quickly. It takes a person with great self esteem to be able to handle repeated rejection.
posted by
Wolf-Girl
on November 14, 2004 at 3:29 PM
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Quirky,
Yes, usually...but sometimes I tend to be too critical, over-perfecting. I am getting better though.
posted by
A_Norseman
on November 14, 2004 at 3:29 PM
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Alf,
Yes, it's one of life's biggest hurdles. You strike me as someone who's been able to jump over that hurdle, though.
posted by
Julia.
on November 14, 2004 at 3:16 PM
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Quirky...
Knowing me, if I had something I was confident enough in to submit once, I think I would be able to submit it a thousand times. My problem is getting past my own rejection first. Rejection of ones self is very hard to overcome.
posted by
A_Norseman
on November 14, 2004 at 3:08 PM
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Ca88, lol.
guess that depends upon the situation, eh?
posted by
Julia.
on November 14, 2004 at 3:01 PM
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canine,
there you go again!! Should I just come and whip that self-critical attitude out of you?
posted by
Julia.
on November 14, 2004 at 3:01 PM
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I think I could be very persistent, or is that annoying.... lol!
posted by
Ca88andra
on November 14, 2004 at 2:47 PM
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I'm not confident enough in my writing to be very persistent, but with the people here to critique and give feedback maybe someday I'll get to a point where persistence won't be a problem.
posted by
canine277
on November 14, 2004 at 2:41 PM
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Hollee,
I would definitely agree with you that querying first is a good rule to follow.
posted by
Julia.
on November 14, 2004 at 1:51 PM
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In the past I submitted card idea 30 times before they were bought--I was
pretty damned persistent and convinced they were funny. Of course, I had already let my dad read them--and if he laughed out loud--I knew someone else would. He couldn't buy from me as I was his daughter--conflict of interest.
Since I've just now started writing magazine articles, and sold the first two I wrote--I queried first, therein lies the key--I don't know how persistent I'd be.
posted by
Hollee
on November 14, 2004 at 1:20 PM
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