By WishIWasAWriter - 08/09/2011 18:03 - United Kingdom

Today, I bought a book by a #1 bestselling author, hoping it would distract me from having my manuscript rejected, as well as learn what made their book so successful. Now I realize I need to say stuff like, "I wish I had great boobs (hehe... boobs)" to get my works published. FML
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deviable 9

Maybe self publish? Trust me when I say there are good number 1 bestsellers out there. Jim Butcher in particular is my favorite. Writers are often rejected many times before they get published. J. K. Rowling was one of them.

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MD_DILF 4

sex sells dumb ass! if you are trying to make $, give the people what they want.

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slushpup9696 12

That's your idea of sex? It sounds more like a 12 year old talking about boobs. If this is your idea of sex, you need to get out more.

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mnmftc 2

Wasn't the author of The Help rejected like 32 times?

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bankrupt 15

You make a good point, No. 68. Many famous authors had their first manuscripts rejected by multiple publishers.

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leadman1989 15

Op not to be mean but that has NOTHING to do with the quality of YOUR writing. Your writing could just be genuinely generally bad. But luckily we live in the age of the Internet self-publish and let the people decide.

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bankrupt 15

I am a professional writer and one of the problems of the profession is that you do have to get used to rejection and criticism. It can be very discouraging and tough but you have to be tougher. At first I had to do 'regular' jobs until writing started to pay for me but now I make my living completely by writing and editing and my husband does the same. OP, don't give up and keep writing, writing, writing, writing, writing. You should be writing every day, even when you're 'dry' or don't feel like it or think you have nothing to say. You need to be disciplined. Over time you will become better. Once that happens, you can go back to your past failures, see where you went wrong and rewrite. Some of my current work is actually stuff I wrote in my twenties that didn't go anywhere. I set it aside and went back to it and was able to rework it when I was older and better and saw where it went wrong. That's my best advice. Most publishers send a form rejection letter but see if you can find out WHY your manuscript was rejected. Maybe it's something you can work on. Writing is very difficult but it is also very rewarding. Good luck. I am rooting for you!!!!

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bankrupt 15

No 139, you are probably one of those useless retards who thinks the word 'definitely' has an 'a' in it. Grow up, you ******* child.

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kportal69 5

Don't give up! Sometimes it takes a while for someone to pick it up. Just like musicians.

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djmixon 0

Or self pub via Amazon or Smashwords.... No agent fee!!! And you can do as much marketing as you want. Been making money for me!

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VianaJ_Garcia 14

In fact, a lot of unfair things happen, my friend. One advice, you should try more agencies.

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wrigglezeus 0

Was the author Katie Price by any chance?

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