{"id":827,"date":"2021-05-28T15:30:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T15:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exisleacademy.com\/?p=827"},"modified":"2022-05-03T17:56:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T17:56:33","slug":"a-writers-guide-to-rejection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exisleacademy.com\/a-writers-guide-to-rejection\/","title":{"rendered":"A Writer's Guide to Rejection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Rejection is a part of life, and part of being a writer. It\u2019s hard, it\u2019s frustrating, and we\u2019re here to help. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the world of publishing, some publishers will accept unsolicited manuscripts from you \u2013 the author \u2013 directly, while others will require an agent. Agents will send your manuscript to an editor, who works at the publishing house, via email and the agent waits to hear back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The answers will come in and your emotions will flare, but the responses you\u2019ll receive have nothing to do with you; rather, they have everything to do with your book, the state of the market, and the publishing house you send it to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rejections: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n With so many manuscripts being sent to publishers, an editor may not have the time to read your entire manuscript. They may get five pages in and decide it\u2019s a no. Others may read a bit further and provide some feedback during their busy days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can expect these types of rejections:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over 99% of all manuscripts are rejected without a word. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If someone has decided to write at all, it says that you have a noteworthy manuscript. Sometimes if you accept what they are saying to you, and follow through on it by making the changes roughly in the directions they are pointing, your manuscript has a better chance of being accepted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How you deal with this is partly a matter of creating a relationship with your correspondent. If they have written to you with some suggestions you should write back thanking and acknowledging their input. So when you have made the changes you have decided upon, you have someone to write back to who will be expecting to hear from you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Publishers are looking for both talent and commercial viability. At Exisle we have often spotted great talent within our submissions, but the manuscript may not have had a market. Just recently a 250,000 word biography became a top-selling book about adventuring in one specific part of the world. The content for this was hidden within the biography and the author responded to the suggestion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Don\u2019t Take it Personally.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Authors may receive hundreds of rejections; it does not mean they are bad writers. There are a variety of reasons the manuscript could be rejected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n