tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116244842474389507.post85865802481417526..comments2023-03-21T21:55:49.236-05:00Comments on write away every day: rejectedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116244842474389507.post-89494646826793460402010-08-13T17:58:29.805-05:002010-08-13T17:58:29.805-05:00rejected
its the way you feel when that popular bu...rejected<br />its the way you feel when that popular butt-head in high school told you how worthless you are<br />its the way you feel when your not invited to the party with all the people you thought were your friends<br />its the way you feel when your older sibling locks you out of their room every time a friends over and then is still surprised that no one knew they had younger siblings<br />its the way you feel when you walk into a new school and no one gets up to say hi or acknowledge you in any way.<br />its the way you felt when you walked into that cafeteria in middle school and everyone stared and when you tried to sit by the cheerleaders and football team you were laughed at and humiliated<br />these are all the stereotypical rejections <br />but what about when your key wont start your car<br />or when your credit card is declined<br />or when u try to hang up a coat and it just cant seem to stay<br />no matter how annoying both kinds seem<br />the rejections we have no control over seem to hurt us most<br />how about getting a new key to start the car<br />or keep up with your credit bills<br />or ask for help or use your arms and hold your coat yourself<br />but either way i believe that we should try to not take any of these rejections so personally<br />now i know this is going to make me seem like a hypocrite because i never take rejections well<br />so im going to try and think of this more like if i can not take them badly then anyone can <br />rejections... they are never easyAmyhttp://sbcglobal.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116244842474389507.post-48206395854326604422010-08-04T15:11:04.687-05:002010-08-04T15:11:04.687-05:00I look at that piece of paper there ~ right there ...I look at that piece of paper there ~ right there in the picture and think "Screw it." Never submitting the work that really isn't, I GET rejected, before I can BE rejected ... by never taking the risk to try. I can't really put my finger on it. I feign confidence. I actually CAN BE confident ... sometime ... but just today, I was rejected Big time. It's a job I Really needed. I NEED to pay my mortgage. I think I might have been trying too hard. I felt a bit desperate, a vulnerable smile, a weak hand shake. She did say I was really good for the position. a "people person, great experience, wonderful skills." But 60 other people applied ... and there will always be someone better .... always. That's the reason I like to write. Even if there is someone better, people always have the unquenchable desire to read even more, something new, something different. So I take baby steps and risk just a little. I risk just enough, just by letting someone else read my thoughts; read it here on this blog. And I don't have to be worried about getting a rejection letter. I'm just sharing ... no risk but no real gain either.Sunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00860933351440134817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5116244842474389507.post-13814523517846841162010-07-30T17:57:54.458-05:002010-07-30T17:57:54.458-05:00“There’s nothing to writing. All you do is sit do...“There’s nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein.” –Walter Wellesley Smith<br />For some of us, writing comes as naturally as breathing. When we get inspired, the words pour from our soul, jumping seamlessly from our brains, splashing onto the pages. Then there are the times when our muses seem to have deserted us, and we want so badly to be able to write, but there’s just nothing there. Even then, even when we have nothing to write, writers feel like they need to write in order to live. And every day that the writer’s block remains, it’s like we’re dying slow, painful deaths.<br />It’s no wonder that every piece we writers produce feel more like a offspring then just a piece of writing. It’s not just a story or an article—it’s part of us. It’s a picture of who we are, who we want to be, our hopes, our fears, our dreams. So, it’s only natural that when someone rejects our writing, it’s personal. It’s not just the book or the story or essay that’s being rejected—it’s the writer. Or so it feels.AB Fabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746092445286849595noreply@blogger.com