Comments on: When All Else Fails, Laugh: Rejection http://writerunboxed.com/2008/05/20/when-all-else-fails-laugh-about-it-rejection/ about the craft and business of fiction Wed, 23 May 2012 16:02:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Therese Walsh http://writerunboxed.com/2008/05/20/when-all-else-fails-laugh-about-it-rejection/#comment-73259 Therese Walsh Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:03:30 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/05/20/when-all-else-fails-laugh-about-it-rejection/#comment-73259 Kelleybell, ouch on that one! Kelleybell, ouch on that one!

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]]> By: Kelleybell http://writerunboxed.com/2008/05/20/when-all-else-fails-laugh-about-it-rejection/#comment-72522 Kelleybell Fri, 23 May 2008 13:58:57 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/05/20/when-all-else-fails-laugh-about-it-rejection/#comment-72522 My worst rejection came from an agent "known for her warm and personal responses." It was a lovely rejection letter filled with words of encouragement and hope. I mulled over every word for days, trying so hard to glean some wisdom from her comments. After a full analysis, and rewrite of my manuscript, I discovered the letter was nothing more than a standard rejection form sent out to all submitters. “Blast it!” The lonely author cried with Shakespearian mellow dramatics. “To all those ivory tower key holders of the realm of the red pen, I shake my fist and curse at thee, forever doomed, to howl unheard, at the insolent moon!” [Close curtain] (snerks and giggles) My worst rejection came from an agent “known for her warm and personal responses.”
It was a lovely rejection letter filled with words of encouragement and hope.
I mulled over every word for days, trying so hard to glean some wisdom from her comments.

After a full analysis, and rewrite of my manuscript, I discovered the letter was nothing more than a standard rejection form sent out to all submitters.

“Blast it!” The lonely author cried with Shakespearian mellow dramatics.

“To all those ivory tower key holders of the realm of the red pen, I shake my fist and curse at thee, forever doomed, to howl unheard, at the insolent moon!”

[Close curtain]

(snerks and giggles)

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]]> By: theamcginnis http://writerunboxed.com/2008/05/20/when-all-else-fails-laugh-about-it-rejection/#comment-72308 theamcginnis Tue, 20 May 2008 19:01:15 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/05/20/when-all-else-fails-laugh-about-it-rejection/#comment-72308 'if there were no grief to hollow out our hearts, where would there be room for joy...' ‘if there were no grief to hollow out our hearts, where would there be room for joy…’

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]]> By: Kathleen Bolton http://writerunboxed.com/2008/05/20/when-all-else-fails-laugh-about-it-rejection/#comment-72293 Kathleen Bolton Tue, 20 May 2008 15:24:28 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/05/20/when-all-else-fails-laugh-about-it-rejection/#comment-72293 Oh man, poetry! That clip was hilar! My all-time favorite rejection (meaning all-time worst) was the one that had been xeroxed so much the font was breaking and it was crooked on the page. Thanks for the laugh. And hang in. Oh man, poetry! That clip was hilar!

My all-time favorite rejection (meaning all-time worst) was the one that had been xeroxed so much the font was breaking and it was crooked on the page.

Thanks for the laugh. And hang in.

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]]> By: Richard Mabry http://writerunboxed.com/2008/05/20/when-all-else-fails-laugh-about-it-rejection/#comment-72287 Richard Mabry Tue, 20 May 2008 13:50:21 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/05/20/when-all-else-fails-laugh-about-it-rejection/#comment-72287 Teri, Oh, that's rich! I trust that many of your readers are even now poised over their keyboards preparing to send similar letters--unsigned, of course--to agents and editors throughout the world. Thanks for the post. And good luck on getting that most wonderful letter that says your work actually IS "right for us." Teri,
Oh, that’s rich! I trust that many of your readers are even now poised over their keyboards preparing to send similar letters–unsigned, of course–to agents and editors throughout the world.
Thanks for the post. And good luck on getting that most wonderful letter that says your work actually IS “right for us.”

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