HOW TO MAKE PEACE WITH THE SHARK OF REJECTION

YOU CHOSE TO SWIM IN  SHARK-INFESTED WATERS

We all did when we became writers.

You don't step into the ring unless you can take a punch

But you will be knocked down more than you will win.
That's just the nature of the business.
The key is to find the strength and will to get back up.

In 1923, Babe Ruth held the record for ...
HOME RUNS in a season
HIGHEST BATTING RECORD
and
He STRUCK OUT more times than any otherMajor League player that season.
He said:
"It's hard to beat a person who never gives up."
"Every strike brings me closer  to the next home run."
"Never let the fear of striking out  keep you from the game."


Ray Bradbury started out young as a writer --at 12,writing on the only paper available:Butcher's Papersince it was the Great Depression.

He kept on getting rejected. 
 He promised himself that he would quit if he could not sell a story by the 500th rejection.
You guessed it: 
he sold a story on his 500th attempt.
"You have to learn to take rejection, not as an indication of personal failing, but as a wrong address."
Ray Bradbury said:
"Man has always been half-monster,  half-dreamer.
Once you understand that, then you can write a full story."


Writing is not a sprint.
It is a marathon.
And you win a marathon by always moving forward.
And enjoying the race doesn't hurt either.
Listen to the wisdom of Ray Bradbury and grow as a writer: