how to deal with rejection

yes, you should try again! even the most famous authors have been rejected before they found a publisher maybe tthis article will inspire you. it is a list of 30 very famous authors whose first works were rejected. http://www.examiner.com/book-in-national/30-famous-authors-whose-works-were-rejected-repeatedly-and-sometimes-rudely-by-publishers

You have three options. First, you can quit. That kinda sucks, especially if you enjoy writing and would like to earn from it. Not recommended. Second, you can try again. That's a better option. You could target lower-quality sites, like Bukisa, Triond or ExpertsColumn. Third, you can find a site or community that will help you with your writing. A forum, a site with a helpful community, a site with editors to help you correct your mistakes... any kind of input that can help you sort things out and improve your chances of acceptance (as well as confidence).

you know, i like to write and i use to think i was pretty good in high school and ok now and i have tryed and tryed to join online sites that you can make money writing like hubpages, and others. i tryed them all and they all rejected me but one (experience project) i would think my artices was really good and i would be excited and then get told it was not good enough.. so i finaly stoped wasting my time on it..some of them told me it was my bad spelling which im aware of and trying to stop.. and one even told me it was copyed and not my own writing and i was so mad becasue i did not copy that article.. so that was the line for me.. if mylot aint enough for you, try to go to experience project i actual loved that site, but i get paid better here in mylot so i gave it up.. and only visit on occasion..they pay with rewards i think.. i never got paid there but i did recieve coupons for my good work for free food.. so it is still a nice site aand they have all these different groups you can make or join about everything you can think of i love to go to there religious groups and post there i miss that, and if i can fix my schedule i will go more often.. and as soon as i started they gave me trophies for my good writings.. i loved that part.. i earned quite a few.. but for me i have tryed every site on the intenet and mylot wins hands down.. so now i dont even waste time searching as for me i have my quota here and time is money.. i cant count the wasted hours i use to spend on just surfing and then my friend said just make mylot work for you , you can do it and so one day i did but it took me letting all the otehr bull go and concentrating on just mylot and get my quota in.. but i will say with mylot you dont need a quota i only have what works for me.. but do quality posts as well one liners are not the best way to respond.. to do good here it is a mix of the two.. and its all about timing for me and fitting it into my schedule im lucky i dont have to work..so i have lots of free time.. so dont waste your time worring about those lame site rejecting your work.. put it to good use her or at experience project where you will get rewards not rejections.. take care

Just do not lose hope. Always keep in mind that there's a rainbow after the rain. Meaning, whatever rejection you might get, just accept it as if you don't bother, instead use it as a tool to strive more. Make use of it as your guide that next time you'll do better. There will be no harm in trying for the second third and so on chances. Do not lose confidence on what you wrote.

I wrote two articles for Yahoo contributor and one got published on their website Voices. The other got rejected but that's o.k . You should keep writing and submitting stories practice makes perfect as they say. You may get more rejections and accepted stories but if you really like writing then keep on writing and be happy with the stories that get accepted.

A useful post,salma.First of all,I would like to reassure you that your English is good and a little more practice would make you perfect.Don't think that that your article was rejected due to poor quality of language.Good English is a plus point with you.Congrats. My mother tongue is Hindi and I like to write in my mother tongue.Last year I wrote an article for Triond,the famous online article writing site.My article was accepted and got published,but could not attract sufficient number of views.So I could not earn from it. Earlier I had written an article for a Hindi magazine.It was rejected.I was depressed,but went on trying to write for famous and quality Hindi magazines.And then a time came when my articles started being accepted and published in noted Hindi magazines.They were widely praised also. The same thing I would like to suggest you.Don't get depressed if your contribution is rejected once.Go on writing no matter how depressed and downbeat you are feeling.Never let negative feelings get the better of you.Ultimately you will win.I assure you.....Cheers!

I have been writing (part time) for around 15 years now and have had many rejections. It is part of the work as a writer. What I generally do is first of all look through my article and see if I make it any better in any way - maybe add more information or re-word some of it. If I cannot, then I may submit it to some other places and if it keeps come back, I will then dump it and move on. I remember my writing teacher saying that she could "paper the walls" with her rejection slips and as writers we need to develop a "thick skin". It is much easier now with the internet submissions. I used to have to pay postage + return postage to submit to publishers, so rejection got to be quite expensive in those days. If you love writing, all I can suggest is that you do it for the love. Always keep moving forward and keep improving where you can, and it will work out.. _Derek

Yes, you should pick yourself up and brush off and try again. You may have to try several times but each time your writing skills will be improving. Once your article is accepted then you will know that it was well written and of high quality and you will feel so good about yourself. Rejection can be tough, I know but you have to look at the reasons why it may have been rejected and learn from it. Also remind yourself that they were not rejecting YOU, they were rejecting your article.

Well why did they reject your article? Was it because of grammar, punctuation or spelling errors? Did your subject matter not match what the site was looking for? Was the structure and organisation of the article appropriate? Don't be disheartened by rejection or take it as an entirely negative thing. Take the criticism and use it to improve your writing in the future. Going to sites with lower standards are easier but it won't help you improve and you tend to earn less in the long run. Birdie -

HI salma07 yes by all means if you want to write then keep doing it. There are a few good check for quality online to use. I like grammarly but you do have to pay for the service. But my ratings went up when using them. Not sure what company you went through some are very high standard while others may rate you harshly and the client gives you an excellent rating. Thats when confusion sets in for me. Keep writing it will become easier for you Oh and I see you are fairly new welcome to Mylot!

Allow some time to deal with the rejection. It's like recovering from a wound. It's inevitable to feel the pain but you know that in a few days its gonna get healed. But you need to learn the art of acceptance. Things happen. What hurt you could strengthen you. So just keep on writing. In the process you'll learn the flow of the job and take time to review why your work has been rejected so you'll be able to avoid committing the same mistake again. Writers do have moods. If you don't feel like it let it pass and proceed once your writing mood returned back.

It doesn't matter if you're shy or introvert. You're just going to write so that doesn't matter. If you are experiencing rejection, motivate yourself, maybe you can take a break for a short while and get inspiration. Then start writing again. Don't give up. Every writer experiences rejection. Everyone does.

Acceptance and take it in a positive way.Once you accept the rejection, you have to look it in a positive way.Try to see the mistakes and things that need to be change in your article, revised it and try to passed it again.Who knows, maybe it could be accepted the next time around. Don't easily give up,try and try and always give your best shots so don't have regret in the end. Good luck and God bless.

hi, as for me I felt same as you felt but I did not stop trying because after all, those writers did not born with this skills, they worked and gained it, so that situation made me angry and forced me to learn more about topics, books and blogs and learn from who knows better than me, that is life, learning all the way, some of the sites also are racists, they accept some places or some religions. so just keep searching

If they reject your articles, fine just do what you really love to do online and I think it will the nice way to deal with your rejection...don't mind about it. Not every body is perfect

Yes, you should definitely try again, maybe it will accepted later on. You can practice more in your writing too. And it would be very rewarding after all your hard work when you article will be accepted.. Good luck.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again, so it is said. That is a good idea. Keep trying and re-trying. I am new to online writing. I have had some limitted success but also some rejections. Today, I got a real painful one from a site that i like. I not only had my article rejected but I was told that if I submitted this type of stuff again, I might get booted off the site. I felt that it was a really good article. I was given the reason why it could not be published but I do not necessarily agree with what the editor said. I have had my feelings hurt more than once by this site but I like the site so I will try again. Mostly everyone who writes or does anything else creative gets rejected. I read of some very famous author who was rejected by many publishers before one took a chance on her or him. I think it was the author of Harry Potter but I might be wrong. It was someone who is now very famous and very successful.

I think you should definitely try again. Do not let this rejection let you down and don't feel dissapointed. Some of these websites have really high standards and want high quality articles. You just need to try again harder and with practice you'll only get better. So, don't give up and you'll succeed...

Just continue what you love doing which is writing and someday, you'll get there. Don't look at failure or rejection as the end of your road. Look at it as an opportunity for you to even strive harder to reach your goals in life. Even world champions had their own experiences in failure at one point in their lives. But such failures did not stop them from getting up, working on their weaknesses, and finally winning the gold. So keep dreaming and aim high my friend. Reach for the stars.

Try, Try Again. Sometimes rejection letters are given out because sites are not accepting anyone new. Try some other ones with the same standards, and don't give up.