This came out of an exercise on addressing your self critic. The exercise was really helpful in identifying the voices in my head. Yes, I have voices, more than one. Doesn't every author?
One thing I know about myself is that I seek approval from others and rejection scares the HELL out of me. I fully expect that when I start pitching my book ideas to publishers, I will get rejections, probably 100 to any 1 that shows an interest. So I am setting myself up for this, on one hand. On the other hand, I know it is necessary to reach my ultimate goal of becoming a published author. Thankfully, I have given myself plenty of time to reach my goal.
So I was thinking of how to deal with those inevitable rejection letters. Once I have read them, taking the constructive criticism from them, what do I do? Do I just put them in a file? Do I make a collage out of them and paper my walls? Have a big bonfire and burn them all? I came up with the perfect solution, and I am sure my husband will just love this idea.
I am going to make a papier mache critic from the rejection letters. I'll keep it small, 2 feet tall or so. This critic is going to have one arm extended, figure pointing, mouth open in comment. I'll make it have big hair, awful clothing and big feet. Maybe buck teeth. Jug ears. When I get another rejection letter, I can plot how to add on to my papier mache figure.
Once the big push comes, and I send first chapters to a bunch of publishers, I'm sure I will get a heap of letters back. But still it may take some time to complete. If I get enough letters and the critic is complete, maybe I'll give him/her a desk too.
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