Big YES to only submitting if you are really ready. It’s taken me until this year to get to this point. I’d be throwing things out silly Milly without truly believing they were any good. Interestingly when a piece I believe in gets declined I am a lot less bothered because I know in my heart it is what I wanted to say
Oh yeah that’s such a strange but validating feeling re: rejection - I get that too. And it becomes more about finding the right home than anything to do with validation.
Big YES to only submitting if you are really ready. It’s taken me until this year to get to this point. I’d be throwing things out silly Milly without truly believing they were any good. Interestingly when a piece I believe in gets declined I am a lot less bothered because I know in my heart it is what I wanted to say
Oh yeah that’s such a strange but validating feeling re: rejection - I get that too. And it becomes more about finding the right home than anything to do with validation.
LOVE this! Especially: "Say yes to opportunities that connect you with good people and good things."
So much of our "why" as writers comes from the power of building a community. ♥️
100,000%
So much of writing can feel like being in a vacuum and finding the right people can be SO bloomin joyful.