In order to handle rejection, we have to reflect on the past, analyze/study it. Next, just like a computer, we have to reboot. Next, get it out of our system by rejecting every aspect of it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In my early career I was like a goldfish. Rejection didn't affect me; I'd just forget how bad it was and keep going back for more.
I still get rejections - frequently - and my goal isn't to never fail, to never be turned down, but simply to succeed more often than I don't. And in order to do that, I have to constantly put myself out there, to judgment, critique, and rejection.
If I went by all the rejection I've had in my career, I should have given up a long time ago.
These rejections hurt me terribly because I felt it was my life that was being rejected.
Don't let anyone, or any rejection, keep you from what you want.
As for advice for aspiring authors, the best I can give is to be brave. It sounds like a simple enough thing, but it's not. Rejection is such an integral part of this journey, and it never goes away.
There's no point in dwelling on rejection.
Rejection is the one constant of human experience.
Rejection just motivates me to keep trying and to try to do better.
A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success.