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Sometimes your work is going to be rejected.
Actually. Most of the time your work is going to be rejected. You can't control this, and you will never know why it happened.
As someone who's writing from the other side of the desk, I can say that there are generally three main reasons why someone's work (or application) is rejected:
(1) It's good, but it's not a good fit for the venue.
(2) The editor or committee ran out of time.
(3) Batshit insane internal politics.
You will just never know, and that’s probably for the best.
I should probably be clear and say that the "you" in this post is myself. I want to encourage myself to submit a story to an anthology that will almost certainly reject it. I can't control whether I'm rejected, so it's best not to worry about that and instead put my energy into what I can control.
Actually. Most of the time your work is going to be rejected. You can't control this, and you will never know why it happened.
As someone who's writing from the other side of the desk, I can say that there are generally three main reasons why someone's work (or application) is rejected:
(1) It's good, but it's not a good fit for the venue.
(2) The editor or committee ran out of time.
(3) Batshit insane internal politics.
You will just never know, and that’s probably for the best.
I should probably be clear and say that the "you" in this post is myself. I want to encourage myself to submit a story to an anthology that will almost certainly reject it. I can't control whether I'm rejected, so it's best not to worry about that and instead put my energy into what I can control.
