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Understanding Rejection
It is unlikely that we'll find securing an agent or an editor easy, however good our writing is. They are much more likely not to bite than to bite, and their response will have much more to do with what they are looking for than what you have written. You will save yourself a lot of heartache if you resolve not to take it personally.
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Understanding Rejection
It is unlikely that we'll find securing an agent or an editor easy, however good our writing is. They are much more likely not to bite than to bite, and their response will have much more to do with what they are looking for than what you have written. You will save yourself a lot of heartache if you resolve not to take it personally.
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Finished chapter 13 - Publication and the writing life - The pleasures of writing
"No matter whether good or bad, it is a delectable thing, writing! not having to be yourself, being able to circulate in amongst the whole creation that you are describing."
Gustave Flaubert
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"No matter whether good or bad, it is a delectable thing, writing! not having to be yourself, being able to circulate in amongst the whole creation that you are describing."
Gustave Flaubert
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If we want to write well we must take both our writing and our reading seriously, but our seriousness should go hand in hand with a keen sense of enjoyment - the enjoyment we experience ourselves and the enjoyment we offer our readers.
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If we want to write well we must take both our writing and our reading seriously, but our seriousness should go hand in hand with a keen sense of enjoyment - the enjoyment we experience ourselves and the enjoyment we offer our readers.
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Finished chapter 13 - Publication and the writing life - The pleasures of writing
And writers write, among other reasons, because of the pleasure they have taken in reading, and the pleasure they hope to give to other readers through their own writing.
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And writers write, among other reasons, because of the pleasure they have taken in reading, and the pleasure they hope to give to other readers through their own writing.
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Finished chapter 13 - Publication and the writing life - The pleasures of writing
As writers we come to see that the pleasures of writing are often discovered through a protracted personal struggle with words and ideas, but they are pleasures noethesless; indeed, they may be all the keener for having been arrived at through hard work.
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As writers we come to see that the pleasures of writing are often discovered through a protracted personal struggle with words and ideas, but they are pleasures noethesless; indeed, they may be all the keener for having been arrived at through hard work.
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Finished chapter 13 - Publication and the writing life - Feed the compost heap
We need to observe life and to observe how others have written about life.
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We need to observe life and to observe how others have written about life.
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Finished chapter 13 - Publication and the writing life - Feed the compost heap
One of the pieces of advice most commonly and sensibly given by established writers to developing writers is simply to read books. Ready widely and regularly. If you think you don't have time for reading, make time. See the time spent reading books as a necessary part of your training as a writer.
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One of the pieces of advice most commonly and sensibly given by established writers to developing writers is simply to read books. Ready widely and regularly. If you think you don't have time for reading, make time. See the time spent reading books as a necessary part of your training as a writer.
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Finished chapter 13 - Publication and the writing life - Stick at it
You have to want to do the work for its own sake and not be discouraged if your writing doesn't meet with universal approval. And remember that for some the journey to publication was a long one.
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You have to want to do the work for its own sake and not be discouraged if your writing doesn't meet with universal approval. And remember that for some the journey to publication was a long one.
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Finished chapter 13 - Publication and the writing life - Stick at it
Expect setbacks; learn to embrace them as part of the process. Expect to have to rewrite, even when you think you're done. Accept that your writing, even if published, may never get the recognition it deserves, or may not be recognised for years.
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Expect setbacks; learn to embrace them as part of the process. Expect to have to rewrite, even when you think you're done. Accept that your writing, even if published, may never get the recognition it deserves, or may not be recognised for years.
Dominic Leung
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Finished chapter 13 - Publication and the writing life - Set achievable goals
Beware, however, of interpreting a failure to meet your own deadlines as a failure in your writing: deadlines may act as useful spurs to continued action but they mustn't be allowed to govern our thinking about our work.
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Beware, however, of interpreting a failure to meet your own deadlines as a failure in your writing: deadlines may act as useful spurs to continued action but they mustn't be allowed to govern our thinking about our work.
