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Writing

Wheezy

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3. You may absolutely despair!

Reply to ok_cpu (Original post)

Fri Dec 18, 2020, 11:18 AM

Dec 2020

For five minutes.

That was my rule for myself back in 2002 when I started writing flash fiction. Now, twenty-six published novels later, my ideas still get rejected and my writing gets critiqued and people take a ridiculous amount of time to get back to me, and I'm allowed to feel things about that. But that little five minute rule helped me keep going.

It's so hard. You put a piece of yourself out there. Congratulations for being very brave!

Now go write something else while you wait.

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For those who write and submit to journals, etc. may I despair for a minute [View all] ok_cpu Dec 2020 OP

Good for you! SheltieLover Dec 2020 #1

Thank you, I appreciate it! ok_cpu Dec 2020 #4

Keep writing. Can you submit more of your work into the market? Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #2

I do have a couple of WIP that I'm fixing up. ok_cpu Dec 2020 #6

Exactly. Do not sit around for 6 months waiting for feedback. Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #9

You may absolutely despair! Wheezy Dec 2020 #3

First, congratulations! ok_cpu Dec 2020 #7

The wait and the silence are agony, aren't they? Wicked Blue Dec 2020 #5

Thank you for sharing. ok_cpu Dec 2020 #8

What venue or venues did you use? (What's the word? Platform? Website? ???) nt AnnieG Dec 2020 #10