Brief addendum
Jan. 13th, 2010 07:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
megwritesSomething else to tack onto last night's post about American Idol and writers.
After watching the auditions, I now want to smack every writer who's ever argued with a rejection letter from an agent or editor. Seeing people argue with the judges was as bad for me as the horrible singing. Possibly worse.
Disappointment sucks, but you know what? So far, I've never heard of anyone getting to the next round or getting an agent deal by arguing with a rejection. So seriously, my fellow writers, take your polite "sorry, no, not for us" and move on. Because you are why we can't have nice things.
Oh, and if you're lucky enough to get some personal feedback? For the love of cheese and crackers, do not argue or make the agent regret ever having reached out to you, because then you've just messed it up for everyone who comes in behind you!
Okay, now I've gotta go do that writing and looking for a job thing that I do.
After watching the auditions, I now want to smack every writer who's ever argued with a rejection letter from an agent or editor. Seeing people argue with the judges was as bad for me as the horrible singing. Possibly worse.
Disappointment sucks, but you know what? So far, I've never heard of anyone getting to the next round or getting an agent deal by arguing with a rejection. So seriously, my fellow writers, take your polite "sorry, no, not for us" and move on. Because you are why we can't have nice things.
Oh, and if you're lucky enough to get some personal feedback? For the love of cheese and crackers, do not argue or make the agent regret ever having reached out to you, because then you've just messed it up for everyone who comes in behind you!
Okay, now I've gotta go do that writing and looking for a job thing that I do.
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Date: 2010-01-13 09:36 pm (UTC)I try to get my students in creative writing classes trained in this early by the rule they cannot argue with the peer responders in workshops (in fact they cannot talk AT ALL). It's the hardest thing for them, (and some never learn).
But it's good practice for later. The only thing they should say, I tell them, is thank you for your input! To an editor, if need be: "thank you for your time" or, if appropriate, "your timely response."