Dealing with Rejection as a Writer

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
1:08 - Remember that everyone gets rejected
1:31 - Submit work you're proud of
3:01 - Have a post-rejection plan
3:57 - Don't have a single dream magazine/agent/etc
6:36 - Acceptance/rejection isn't a good/bad binary
8:03 - Don't layer extra meaning onto rejection
9:20 - A lot of it is luck
12:11 - Submit to low-stakes opportunities
12:58 - Set a rejection goal
14:14 - Publications don't rank your skill
16:08 - Learn from rejections
16:57 - Don't accept that rejection is meant to hurt

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