From the March/April 2013 issue of Writer’s Digest, here’s Rejection Letter Bingo. Print it out and play along. But hurry—I’m getting close!
—Zachary Petit is an award-winning journalist, and the senior managing editor of Writer’s Digest magazine. He’ll be at the Writer’s Digest Conference East April 5-7 in New York, doing some fun panels on magazine writing alongside WD Editor Jessica Strawser. Stop by and say hi.
Need some help surviving and thriving in the writing life? Check out James Scott Bell’s The Art of War for Writers.
Successfully starting and finishing a publishable novel can be like fighting a series of battles—against the page, against one’s own self-doubt, against rebellious characters, etc. Featuring timeless, innovative, and concise writing strategies and focused exercises, this book is the ultimate battle plan and more—it’s Sun Tzu’s The Art of War for novelists.
This is hilarious, love it.
Bingo!
But…. it’s almost all email queries these days?