Submitting to Literary Agents?by Donna Sozio
The "Auto-Reject" Submission Letter Button - Don’t Press It!
We can be so afraid of rejection that we press the Self-Sabotage Button in our brains. We may think thoughts like, “If I don’t give my best then my best can’t get rejected.”That’s nothing but a Mental Escape Hatch from the natural fear that we experience as writers. It tries to convince us that if we reject literary agents first by not giving them our best then they can’t reject us. The trick is to catch ourselves when we are doing it. While submitting, make sure you haven’t set your Mental Escape Hatch on default.
We can be so afraid of rejection that we press the Self-Sabotage Button in our brains. We may think thoughts like, “If I don’t give my best then my best can’t get rejected.”That’s nothing but a Mental Escape Hatch from the natural fear that we experience as writers. It tries to convince us that if we reject literary agents first by not giving them our best then they can’t reject us. The trick is to catch ourselves when we are doing it. While submitting, make sure you haven’t set your Mental Escape Hatch on default.
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Makes total sense! Running a business is hard and what keeps me going is a positive mindset.
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