• If you don’t submit a story, it will never be accepted
• Read the submission guidelines
• The editor is always right. If they found your story boring, unconvincing or unoriginal, then that’s their opinion.
• If you want to know what the editor finds interesting, convincing and original, then read the stuff they choose to publish. If you don’t like it, then you’re submitting to the wrong market.
• Everyone hates having their work rejected. Every writer has their work rejected. Successful writers are the ones who learn from past rejections and keep submitting.
• The best thing to soften the pain of a rejection is to be working on your next story

See Also

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• Six Tips on Writing Speech
• Six Reasons why Maintaining a Blog will make You a Better Writer
• Six Little Masterpieces of Economy
• Six Useful Websites for Writers
• Six Ways to Stay Sane as a Writer
• Six Ways that Being Published Won’t Change Your Life
• Six Things to do When You’ve Finished a Story
• Six Tips on Writing First Drafts
• Six Tips on Narrative Voice