Let go of a piece of writing to find it
If you want to become a better writer, write as much as you can. It’s like any other endeavor: Practice, while it may not make perfect, makes a very good imperfect. And the best writing is imperfect.
Perfect writing never gets published or finished because there’s no such thing. Sometimes sending an essay or article to an editor is the best thing you can do for a piece of writing. Many times, I’ve hit the send button only to simultaneously realize as my essay hurtles through cyber space that the ending made no sense.
The editor usually shares my revelation by sending me a rejection. I toss the rejection into the virtual trash, bask in my newfound humility, rewrite the ending and send it somewhere else.
Sometimes you need to let go of a piece of writing to find it.
Happy writing to all of you!
Muse thx, G.
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I agree with you 100%. Rejection is just par for the course and the best thing to do is get right back on the horse, either revising the piece and/or trying to find a new home for it.
Hi Sally,
Thank you for stopping by. If we could start to see rejection as a good thing, a sign of living life as an adventure, we’d do more of it, take more chances. Muse thx, G.