I'm just going to send it out again, and hope the next attempt fares better.
This is the best thing you could do. Agonizing as to why one piece is rejected by one editor or another will only give you a neurosis.
If it's sent back by a good number of editors, then you might want to revisit the piece, but even then it may be a matter of circumstance. Getting personal feedback from in-the-flesh readers is my preferred course of action. (I'm sure you belong to a writer's circle, yes?)
Oh, I never agonize over rejection, but having received so very many letters to date I'm so used to little cues that suggest where the problem may have lain, and this one had none. Thank you for the reassurance, though. I'm confident in the story I wrote, and sending it out to F&SF this afternoon
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I haven't been in to a writer's group in a couple of years, actually. I've been meaning to get back with one that at the moment is very near where I'm living, so that will be a welcome change.
Actually, the majority of the writing circles with which I've been involved included prose writing as well as poetry; in fact, more time was spent overall (as one might suppose) reading & critiquing the prose pieces. The only poetry-focused group to which I belonged is now defunct.
increasingly I'm realizing how much of a lone wolf I am with my own work. And I'm okay with that.What a wonderful description of your process. :) Certainly it's critical to realize how one operates with regards to one's own work, so I commend you for knowing that about yourself
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I feel I'm not quite communicating what I mean by feedback, so let me try it another way: As someone who submits as extensively as you do, you must surely have learned certain unspoken rules about different markets and language used for various form letters or slightly personalized messages
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This is the best thing you could do. Agonizing as to why one piece is rejected by one editor or another will only give you a neurosis.
If it's sent back by a good number of editors, then you might want to revisit the piece, but even then it may be a matter of circumstance. Getting personal feedback from in-the-flesh readers is my preferred course of action. (I'm sure you belong to a writer's circle, yes?)
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Actually, the majority of the writing circles with which I've been involved included prose writing as well as poetry; in fact, more time was spent overall (as one might suppose) reading & critiquing the prose pieces. The only poetry-focused group to which I belonged is now defunct.
increasingly I'm realizing how much of a lone wolf I am with my own work. And I'm okay with that.What a wonderful description of your process. :) Certainly it's critical to realize how one operates with regards to one's own work, so I commend you for knowing that about yourself ( ... )
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