It's not easy. I got lots of rejections when I first started out. If you want to write, you have to believe in yourself and not give up. You have to do your best to practice and get better.
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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.
As a writer, the worst thing you can do is work in an environment of fear of rejection.
I was learning the craft; I didn't study writing in school. Rejection was my motivation, and failure is what taught me.
You can make your own way. It's about getting out there and not letting rejection get you down.
I've always hated rejection; I only want to go out there when I know I've got it right.
Don't get discouraged from all the rejection.
Rejection just motivates me to keep trying and to try to do better.
As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up when you are rejected, either by agents or publishers. You absolutely must plow forward.
I have been rejected 120 times, probably because I didn't write the right book.
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.
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