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altariel ([personal profile] altariel) wrote2004-02-05 06:31 pm

Dealing with rejection

I enjoyed this thread and following comments from Making Light.

[identity profile] ex-seasalt15.livejournal.com 2004-02-05 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I´ve bookmarked the site. It is an incredible exercise in kaleidoscopic perspective, Roshomon-like, almost.
I expect you would have experiences to share from both sides of the divide?

Re:

[identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com 2004-02-06 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
I have been very lucky in my experience with fanfic zine editors: [livejournal.com profile] espresso_addict was so professional about producing her zine ttba that it meant I had to raise my game to be professional (eventually, I hope!) in return. Which was a good training ground. And the collaborative process with Isabeau has been very important too, I think, in that I always used to be very protective of my ideas and my writing, and writing collaboratively has made me more open about it.

However, one of the truest things said in that post, I think, is:

"What these guys have failed to understand about rejection is that it isn’t personal. If you’re a writer, you’re more or less constitutionally incapable of understanding that last sentence"