“I love my rejection slips. They show me I try.” -Sylvia Plath

This is a writing podcast, not a dating one, but here are 4 reasons why rejection from publishers and agents shouldn't scare you:

1) The act of writing is better than doing nothing. You are putting a product out into the world while others are complacent offering nothing additional beyond what is required of them. Be proud of your creativity and the guts it takes to write a novel. 

2) You are learning and growing. Completing a project and having the guts to query it, market it, and take it as far as you can is a learning process, and from that, you will grow as a writer. Maybe you’ll be lucky enough to get a personalized rejection and find out a reason why this piece wasn’t accepted. Even if not, you will get better at writing queries. You will have more to put on your writing resume. And your technique will get stronger. Finishing always gets you closer to your end goal. 

3) The field is fiercely competitive. I read on one agent’s website that she was only looking to acquire only ten new projects in 2021. That’s insane. When you think about the thousands of people submitting their queries in the same genre as you, that’s steep competition. So I’m trying not to take it personally when my work is rejected. It doesn’t mean that your work is bad. It just might mean there are a lot of really talented writers out there and agents are limited on funds and time to take on new projects.

4) If you are staying true to your dream and yourself, you shouldn’t have any regrets. I’ve discussed many times why I chose not to pursue a CPA or MBA and instead attempt to become a professional writer. The CPA is a damn hard test, but I don’t think it’s as hard as navigating this field. I honestly wish that weren’t the case. The CPA is not a dream that I’ve been thinking about since I was a little kid. Being a writer is. I love the act of writing—of creating characters and plot lines. And that’s why I write. 

I created the Turn Write Podcast for beginning writers, indie authors, for people who are looking for their voice and who want to know how to use it. The idea for this bite-sized podcast came to me as I sat in endless traffic commuting an hour each way to and from my 9-5 job, wondering why do I write? Why do I rush home every day with the agonizing hope of trying to string together meaningless words to create a feeling deeper than I could dare hope to describe? Well, day after day I kept thinking and there was only one answer: I loved to write. I am on a journey to becoming a published author, and I want to help you get there too.

Read my novel The Sweep: https://www.amazon.com/Sweep-Kaitlin-Greco/dp/1702161706/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=the+sweep+kaitlin+greco&qid=1577982814&sr=8-1#mediaMatrix_secondary_view_div_1579103732446

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