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Grab your free writer's toolkit by going to http://www.writerslife.org/finish-your-book ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hi I'm Jody from WritersLife.org and today we'll be talking about if rejection is really all that bad we're all told that as writers rejection is one of the toughest parts of the job there are countless pieces of advice on how to cope with rejection how to pick up the pieces and move on but is that necessary rejection doesn't have to be something that knocks us down and takes time to get over in fact it really isn't all that bad at all and here's why rejection is inevitable for writers its death taxes and rejection letters every writer gets rejected it's just going to happen so there's no point in hoping that somehow it won't happen to you that you'll be one of those lucky writers who lands a huge publishing deal straight away you won't the rejection will come so what is the point of getting upset about something so utterly inevitable save your energy and emotion for something more worthwhile rejection is valuable once you have cheerfully accepted the fact that you will get rejected why not then turn your attention to how you might use it to your advantage sometimes the rejection letters come with feedback these are as valuable as gold so go back over your manuscript your cover and your synopsis and think about how you can make improvements to give yourself a better chance of success next time rejection is never personal remember when an editor decides to reject your work they aren't doing it because they have some long-standing vendetta against you it's only business stay professional and don't immediately see them as your mortal enemy rejection doesn't always count some rejections don't mean anything go back and think about whether really realistically your book ever stood a chance there sometimes we all are guilty of sending our work off to publishers that aren't suitable these rejections don't count ignore them and put more effort into your research next time rejection is subjective so there may be certain trends or algorithms editors are using to decide whether your book will appeal to the masses but at the end of the day it's still going to be down to the personal taste you also can never be sure of the circumstances when your book reaches the top of the pile they may have read two other promising and similar stories that day they might be in a particularly bad mood they may have forgotten to eat breakfast and be distracted by their hunger any number of factors can influence their decision and apart from writing the best book you can and giving the best pitch you can give they are pretty much entirely out of your control rejection isn't that bad we're often told that rejection is crushing and soul-destroying and heartbreaking it's all pretty dramatic it's all too easy to be influenced by this to get sucked in but really what's the points getting overly upset about rejection is a waste of our precious time so have some more respect for yourself and your work and accept rejection for what it is an opinion and that's all we'd all prefer to get a positive response over a rejection however if we can be a bit more practical about it and face the fact that it's going to happen stead of having what seems to be the widely accepted reaction of immediately turning into a wailing wreck and claiming we'll never write again we could instead accept it be a bit thicker skinned and you may just be able to use it to make you a better writer if you're having a hard time writing or finishing your book check out our free writers toolkit it can help you overcome procrastination get organized stay focused and get your book published just head to http://www.writerslife.org/toolkit to download your FREE copy and if you enjoyed this video don't forget to give it a thumbs up turn on our notifications and subscribe down below and be sure to visit writer's life.org for my writing tips and tricks and i'll see you next time
