>rejection letter from the literary agency
Well shit. I mean, at least they get back to me, but damn, this stings.
That Jamaican guy who won the Man Booker prize last year had his first novel get rejected 70 times. Or maybe 70 times was Ayn Rand's first novel, I ca't remember, but anyway, his first novel got rejected a lot.
>tfw the rejection letter says your work shows you're mentally unstable and that you should seek professional help
2016 will be THE year, OP. Just keep at it. We're all gonna make it, brehs.
>>7570411
What was the story about?
>>7570329
I like Marlon James. Brief History was a good time especially.
>>7570421
It was a conventional Bildungsroman but at one point in the book the main character says "hello" to a woman unbidden. They told me they ran my manuscript through the unfeelybadvibes machine and it came out yesyes for thoughtnonos.
>>7570411
Next time you send to an agency, include a brief introduction about your struggles with mental health and how writing has been therapeutic for you.
>>7570442
Too much rape eh
>>7570442
lel
>>7570317
I hope you die you stupid frogposter rat.
>tfw multiple rejection letters have said that the book is good but "not quite right for me"
It's actually worse somehow than a form letter. Knowing I can write something worth calling 'good' but still be subject to the tastes of an individual is a special kind of Hell.
>>7570559
What the fuck kind of response is "not quite right for me"?
Who are you sending it to?
>>7570729
Agents that seem to rep the book's profile.
Thinking about it, I may be making a mistake mostly finding them through Twitter.
>>7570742
Can't you just send it in to a major publisher like Penguin or something?
>>7570751
Haha, no, no big publisher accepts unagented work. Tor may be a possible exception, but I think they've stopped.
>>7570965
Ah, I see. Well, I hope you can get your book published some day anon, and not have to deal with fuckwits who don't publish it simply because it's "not quite right" for them.
>there are people here who believe they have talent
Oh dear god...you poor bastards. Delusions can be fixed with therapy.
>>7570965
For non-Anglo writers it's worth noting that in many countries submitting novels through an agent is neither necessary nor the norm. In Sweden, for instance, even the biggest publishers will happily receive and read manuscripts from writers without agents.
>>7570997
Why do you think that everyone here is talent less?
What if, unbeknownst to you, Melville or Tolstoy were on here and posting, would you think that they wouldn't have talent?
I'm sure that at least one highly acclaimed author was a member of some community that may be seen as stupid by others, but that doesn't mean that they don't have talent.
>>7571001
Can you send a manuscript if you're not or have ever been in Sweden? Do Swedes read English?
>>7571003
Honestly given the wovenness of the literary community it's very likely a number of soon-to-be-great writers will have spent some of their free time shitposting on /lit/
>>7571008
>/lit/ shitposters actually believe this
>>7571010
Keep projecting your insecurities, you scared little man.
>>7571015
>implying i have insecurities
>projecting this hard
kekd
>>7571018
>not denying that you're a little man
MANLET DETECTED
>>7571025
BTFO
>>7571039
PLOT TWIST
>>7571003
>>7571008
>>7571015
>>7571025
>>7571037
>>7571041
>productive people spend their time shitposting on /lit/
No...their working their job, or doing to class, and they are writing and having actualy, real-life experiences so they can be influenced.
All of your writings are meme-induced, false bullshit.
Believe me. I've fucking seen the writing threads here. Absolute fucking trash.
>>7571056
You should learn to spell before criticizing people's work.
My favorite memory regarding this is a rejection note that said simply: PORNOGRAPHIC.
>>7571061
It's the internet, not the fucking SAT.
I bet your palms sweat when you type up your shitty fucking comebacks.
>>7571056
I've seen good writing in the critique threads before.
>>7571082
This proves that your taste is shit.
>>7570317
the fact that you found that significant enough to post tells me you ain't gonna make it senpai.
Seven Killings got rejected 78 times before being published.
Rejection should be a constant; if you don't have enough out in the world to make rejection a constant, your odds of success are astronomically low.
>>7570442
>unfeelybadvibes
not conventional at all
>>7571135
Well damn, you're right, I should go celebrate every time I get a rejection notice.
