Writing Tips - Dealing with Rejection as a Writer

RELATED VIDEOS: →Self Care for Writers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NEgitJrMjg →Dealing with Writer's Block, Writing Slumps, and Low Motivation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpEjKfL2mh4 →Managing Feedback on Your Work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=534qOFK_Jfc&t=0s →A Guide to Submitting Short Stories to Magazines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYCepQ-7ChQ →BLM petitions, donations, and resources (updating list): https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co / https://blacklivesmattercanada.carrd.co →Anti-Racism Resource Guide: https://allyresourceguide.com →Issues in the World (updating): https://issuesintheworld.carrd.co MY SHORT FICTION: ☾I Will Never Tell You This - The Puritan: http://puritan-magazine.com/never-tell-you-this/ ☾Solarium - Minola Review: http://www.minolareview.com/shaelin-bishop ☾Barefoot - The Fiddlehead [print only]: https://thefiddlehead.ca/issue/282 ☾Wishbone - PRISM international [print only]: http://prismmagazine.ca/2020/04/19/prism-58-3-sprawl-is-live/ ☾Wishbone - video reading: https://vimeo.com/420052282 ☾Cherry and Jane in the Garden of Eden - The Puritan: http://puritan-magazine.com/cherry-and-jane-in-the-garden-of-eden/ ☾Hold Me Under Till I See the Light - The New Quarterly: https://tnq.ca/story/hold-me-under-till-i-see-the-light/ ☾Beautiful Animal - Room: https://roommagazine.com/issues/twine ☾Zugzwang - Plenitude: https://plenitudemagazine.ca/zugzwang/ ☾Elise Holding a Deer Mouse, 1829 - CAROUSEL: http://carouselmagazine.ca/c45-bishop/ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 1:08 - Remember that everyone gets rejected 1:31 - Submit work you're proud of 3:01 - Have a post-rejection plan 3:57 - Don't have a single dream magazine/agent/etc 6:36 - Acceptance/rejection isn't a good/bad binary 8:03 - Don't layer extra meaning onto rejection 9:20 - A lot of it is luck 12:11 - Submit to low-stakes opportunities 12:58 - Set a rejection goal 14:14 - Publications don't rank your skill 16:08 - Learn from rejections 16:57 - Don't accept that rejection is meant to hurt MORE WRITING TIPS: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8-jsG6NG3oJsJ6LTZRtYtCHWi-5pjhQJ WRITING VLOGS: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8-jsG6NG3oK35m9jtz_aR2t8Dssl6eqJ WRITING CHATS & DISCUSSIONS: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8-jsG6NG3oLHy-zpu_yk7CfbJvrNc1O7 BOOK REVIEWS: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8-jsG6NG3oKlrHVFgs9UZCxJjB0Azqco Check out more writing and publishing videos from me over @Reedsy!: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpo0MkTAyEl73PmIVs8CQvQ OUTRO MUSIC: "l u v t e a [acoustic]" by Autumn Keys SOCIAL Tumblr: https://shaelinwrites.tumblr.com Ask me anything: http://shaelinwrites.tumblr.com/ask Twitter: https://twitter.com/shaelinbishop Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shaelinbishop/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5803057-shaelin-bishop