This week has been filled with ups and downs on the writing front. To wit:
- Continued rereading my novel, Cosmic Ray, in preparation to do the second draft.
- Submitted a story to my writers' group for critique. The story is one for inclusion in our next ghost story anthology. The critique didn't go so well, I feel.
- Got a poster and press release for a "Local Author Event" I'm part of (will try to attach the image below).
Up, down, up. High, low, high. Unfortunately, they didn't go exactly in that order!
So I'm wondering, if I may ask anyone reading: How do you bounce back from rejection? How do you hack it when things make you question whether you should go on?
I've had times when I've said, "I should just give up trying to be a writer." But I've found I couldn't. Yet I'm getting towards 50 now, and I've put in what I consider my best efforts yet. And still I'm feeling low about some of it. So how to keep getting up off the mat and back in the fight?
I got back to rereading Cosmic Ray today, and it helped a little. I think I'm going to have to do some pretty massive rewriting of the first five chapters, but it gets better around Chapters 7 and 8. So that gives me some hope.
What gives you hope?
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