Sunday, March 05, 2023

For Writers, Failure Has Increased Exponentially. Failure Now Defines The Writing Life

". . . [E]very book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And that process is continuing day by day and minute by minute." 

— George Orwell, "1984"


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For Writers, Failure Has Increased Exponentially. Failure Now Defines The Writing Life


Rejection is the river in which we swim.

I’ve known writers who used to submit, literally, the manuscript of a work. It might loiter for six months in some publisher’s office before being returned. Under the conditions of print, a dozen failures a year were difficult to accumulate. Today, if you work at it, you can fail a dozen times before lunch. 
And rejection has never been easier. Digital technology has allowed people to be rejected at exponentially higher rates. I’ve known writers who used to submit, literally, the manuscript of a work. It might loiter for six months in some publisher’s office before being returned by way of a self-addressed stamped envelope. Under the conditions of print, a dozen failures a year were difficult to accumulate. Today, if you work at it, you can fail a dozen times before lunch.
- The Atlantic

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