Wow, this article hit me hard on a personal level. Every writer has faced rejection; hundreds and hundreds of sent back query’s, the dreaded “it’s good but it’s not for us” publisher letter, it can seriously demotivate you. A friend of mine, who is also a writer, has a wall covered in rejection letters, he says it motivates him to continue. Counterintuitive, right? Not so much. He uses rejection to propel him to try harder. “They’re loss,” he’ll boast as he tacks up another letter. Dealing with rejection is simply part of the game, and if you can’t handle it, you’ll never make it in this industry. Look at a prolific writer such as Stephen King; Carrie was originally rejected by over 30 publishers. Imagine if he would have given up? Twilight