How to Deal with Criticism And Rejection as a Writer?
Five tips to stay calm when confronted with criticism — also applicable for other professions.
I did not write much and regularly in English for a long time, but my first English article experience was almost 15 years ago. And it was great. I was working as a product owner in a software company at the time. The software I was responsible for was very specialized, unique, and new. Through my boss, a magazine asked me to write an article about it.
One of the good things was that I could write the paper during my working hours and keep the fee (about 1.200 USD for an article) because the writing was advertising for the software and the software manufacturer. My English was much worse back then, but the cooperation with the magazine was excellent. They were incredibly patient, corrected and rewrote the article, and then asked for my feedback again, so it went back and forth for some time. I then published a second article with them. I liked their appreciative way of working with me.
Now I have written articles on Medium for one month, and of course, I am trying to get into publications. I suggested an item to a publication that also pays money (500 USD) for publishing. Their answer: “It’s not a good fit.” Okay, that was frustrating, especially…
