There are
3 types of
natural reactions when a rejection letter is handed over to you : angry, sad
and desperate.
However strong
you are, whatever the
good words of encouragement,
irrespective who stand
by you, you
are going to
have a shattered
heart and a
battered ego.
Of
course you will
and rightly so,
should get angry
and curse one
and all. Don’t
leave anyone out
and be generous
in the cursing.
All
that dirty abusive part
of languages that
you were not
supposed to learn
and repeat, will
come handy here.
Let the words
flow in English,
French….. and if you
know in Russian
too.
You
are standing in
your home and
by now you
have cursed the
agent as if he/
she/ it is a
rabid dog that
bit you for
no good reason.
Damn it!
You
feel betrayed by the entire
universe? No problem.
Any rejection from
anywhere feels the
same. Since you are
not alone and
can feel for
your rejected brothers
and sisters, you as a
good Samaritan out
to help the
world, will want
to do something
more about it. Good.
Millions of
us are getting
rejected every single
day let it
be artists, professionals, the poor,
naked and hungry,
the housewives…even house
flies get smacked! God
isn’t that Insulting? Well, mankind
was meant to
insult one another
in the most
amazing ways!
So, now? What
to do?
Kick
your good manners. Spit
on the moral
police. Take charge.
Write
a reply. And
if you cannot
be reasonable so be
it. Did the agent understand your reasons to write a manuscript? No. Or your reasons to send it to him/ her. No. Did the agent understand your reasons to want to get it published? NO.
Then why should you.
The agent has rejected your query/ manuscript. Now it is your turn. You reject his/ her rejection letter.
Write an angry
reply telling his/ her how you are feeling, in detail. Immediately, because if you wait
too long the
anger will go
away. And the more angry the better the letter will flow. At least it will be true if not better. And once the letter is drafted don't try to polish it or anything. Just send it immediately. Don't waste time. Remember this: Usually anger
doesn’t stay for
more than an
hour or so, so you
have to do
what you have
to do
quick.
Have you sent the angry letter? Good. don't feel embarrassed or guilty. Did the agent feel embarrassed or guilty? No. Then why should you.
Still feeling stupid? Now-now you cannot do anything once the mail has been sent so just forget it. Just go to your bar and empty a bottle of Rum into yourself. It's still day? start sipping it will soon be dusk and then you can invite your friends and all of you can have a blast.
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