Writing

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Should writers take rejection slips personally? Should editors take writer's comments personally?

I've practically given up writing. I still pop out the occasional story but I don't have time to spend on serious writing. Everything I write now, and have written in the last 2 years, has been either academic papers or silly bloody journal entries.

The Novel is on hold. It's a complete story but still needs finishing. There are other stories in my head.

-A fleet of alien ships are wondering what to do
-an anthropomorphic flying fox is tired of having a broken arm
-Mavrik wants all his short stories "joined together."

It would be nice if writing was fun again.

Comments

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It's a pity. I like Mavrik. But if you're like me, if you start to feel you have a duty to write, you'll just make the situation worse. There's only so much you can force yourself to do before the well runs dry. It is not reasonable to expect yourself to devote the time and effort to writing you'd devote to a full-time job, when it ISN'T your full-time job.

As for whether writers should take rejection letters personally, I'd say no. But being human, we will, and sometimes we'll have to rant about it to stay sane. I just hope we can return to even keel as quickly as possible.

As for whether editors should take it perosnally when writers rant, I'd say no again, but again, being human, they will. I just wish they'd have some mercy and tolerance toward us, recognizing that in this relationship they have far more power over us than is good for us-- or for themselves.