Rejection letters – a brief follow-up post…

Shaun CG — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:27:05 +0000

Tobias Buckell, one of a number of writers and bloggers who joined in with Post A Rejection Letter Friday, has compiled a handy list of participants which you can view here. There are a few others who posted letters a little late, and if you’re interested most of them can be found in the comments/trackback thread to the original post.

Thanks and respect to everyone who joined in! What can I say beyond I hope it doesn’t become a regular event…

It’s post-a-rejection-letter Friday!

Shaun CG — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:14:33 +0000

Apropos of the ridiculous focus on whether or not posting rejection letters is common practice/professional/legal/cuddly/appropriate/blue rather than on the exposure of crude and offensive racist language, I’m officially declaring it Post A Rejection Letter Friday. Here’s mine!

Hi Shaun,

Thanks for this, but I felt it was very overwritten, especially for a
first-person story told in the present tense. Perhaps if the
character were looking back at these early events, if he had enough
distance to both recall the experience and evaluate it, the story
would be more interesting. As it stands, by keeping him solidly in
the moment, the character has little to do but recite every action he
takes, only a few of which are compelling.

Hey, check out all those racial slurs that aren’t in this rejection letter.

Context: this, and those links I posted yesterday.

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Rejection letters – a brief follow-up post…

It’s post-a-rejection-letter Friday!