"Rejected!" Please share. . .

[AuntShecky]

I just got the scare of my life (at least my life on the web)
when I received a message from a different site that my comments were "banned."
It turned out that it was a technical problem on the other end, but not before I blushed (at my age!) with embarrassment and wracked the ol' noggin wondering what
I wrote/did.
But-- even if I really had been rejected, it wouldn't have been the first time! (Whoa! Ain't that the truth!)
SO-- I was wondering if the wonderful folks on the Literature Network would be willing to share how they feel
when they receive the inevitable rejection note. (Come on, we all get them!)
How do you feel when you receive a form letter? Do you feel any different when the rejection has specific comments?
Most importantly, what is your course of action. Do you bring the piece back to the proverbial drawing board and rework it. Or do you resubmit it, as is, somewhere else? Or do you shove it in a drawer and try something completely new?
What, if anything, do we learn from rejection?
I think that this is a valid question, and hope there are many and varied responses.
Aunt Shecky

[Lote-Tree]

But-- even if I really had been rejected, it wouldn't have been the first time! (Whoa! Ain't that the truth!)


AuntyShecky it seems that you are a trouble causer! :D
Just kiddin :D

It's good to be rejected now and then because it means you must have said something important :D

[Bakiryu]

I've never been baned. I would have nothing left to do if i left the forums! Except read Wikipedia Perhaps...

[papayahed]

I've gotten several form letters during past job searches. My first reaction is always "Well Screw You" but after that sometimes I'll look at my resume/think about the interview to see if there's something I could have answered better or more clearly other times it just isn't a good fit.

[Literary_Cat]

Why don't they just come out and say it...

Dear X:

Your work is dreadful, and we hate it, and we hate you. Also, you fail at being cool. We hope you will never send us your writing / job application ever again. You have wasted our time and your self-addressed stamped envelope.

Thank you,
Big Brother


...since that's what they really mean.

Heh, I really hate form rejection letters.

[AuntShecky]

Bakiryu, any forum would be lucky to have you as a participant. This is only my opinion, but if I were you I would try to avoid that website you mentioned (The one that starts with a "w" has a "k" in it and ends with
"-pedia." The information posted is not 100% reliable, and
in my experience with it, I suspect it MAY carry some spyware/adware "dlls" with it. Though I can't prove it.

[AuntShecky]

Papayahed, please don't ever take any job rejection seriously. About a decade ago, I went for a job interview
for which I had every one of the qualifications as well as the required experience. The interview, which was conducted by six people sitting around a round table, lasted two hours.

I spent the entire day getting there and getting home.
Never heard a answer, so I started calling them, and getting the proverbial run-around. Never got to speak with a live person! Finally, after a week or two I rec'd a letter in the regular mail informing me I didn't get the
stinking job.

But what till you hear the end of the story: the local section of the next day's newspaper had an article about who really got the job. The photo showed the person who
"won" -- it was one of the women who interviewed me!

Some jobs are already filled "internally" before they even
post the classified ad for it. EEOC rules in this country require to open it up to the general public.

so let this be a lesson to you, Papayahed. Some day that
outfit will regret not hiring a good person such as you.

[AuntShecky]

I hear you about the form rejection letters, Literary Cat.
Someday ( and that day will undoubtedly be soon!) my
epitaph will carry the following:

"We regret that the contents of this do not meet our present needs. Good luck with them elsewhere."


Auntie

[Literary_Cat]

Auntie--

Ha ha, morbid and delightful.