Hatrack River Writers Workshop: Personal Rejection. Yay!

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Posted by Foste (Member # 8892) on :

So my current quota is 20 rejections, 7 of them personal.

Here goes:

Dear Stefan:
Thank you for submitting "The Bones of her Brother". Unfortunately I have decided to pass. The story is beautifully written and paced, and it's clear that you know what you're doing as a writer. However, I felt like ultimately the story lacked emotional impact because the importance of the bones was not clearly established from the get-go. Mostly however, Shimmer prefers stories with high emotional stakes and this seemed more action oriented.

Please keep us in mind for future submissions.

Posted by Meredith (Member # 8368) on :

Congratulations.

Posted by KayTi (Member # 5137) on :

Excellent! that's some really useful feedback, nice!

Posted by LeetahWest (Member # 9402) on :

Nice!! Yay!

Posted by MAP (Member # 8631) on :

Awesome!! Keep at it. [Smile]

Posted by Merlion-Emrys (Member # 7912) on :

Shimmer pretty much always gives personal rejections, usually pretty decent ones as far as such things go. I prickle a bit at their seeming implication that "action" and "high emotional stakes" are mutually exclusive.

Certainly gives me an even greater understanding of why they've rejected everything I've ever sent them...although I do have a piece I think they might like, once it comes around to that point in the rounds...

Posted by LDWriter2 (Member # 9148) on :

NiIIIce...

And as someone already said handy too.

I have gotten a couple of personal ones from magazines that always send out personal notes but nothing even close to that. So Good For You.

Posted by mrmeadors (Member # 6378) on :

Wow, that is one nice rejection letter [Smile]

Melanie

Posted by CGreen (Member # 9718) on :

Congrats.

Personal rejections are always better than form rejections.

Good luck resubmitting.

Cher

Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :

Nice to get some indication they've actually read the damned thing...

Posted by LDWriter2 (Member # 9148) on :

Received a personal comment from Ideomancer the other day. Just one sentence saying they liked something but the pacing was off.

I don't recall getting a comment like that from them before but it's been a few months since I sent them anything and I forget for sure if they do it all the time.

The whole rejection seemed different like they changed it. But again I can't remember for sure.