This Rejection Letter to Stephen King Will Give You Hope

All writers receive their fair share of rejection letters. Most are fairly impersonal, cold and distant. Even talented and famous writers like horror legend Stephen King get them. But recently, a heartfelt rejection letter has emerged, sent to King by a ‘sensitive and wise publisher at Doubleday’.      A rejection letter to Stephen King from a sensitive and wise publisher at Doubleday. pic.twitter.com/4cipTdfDd1 — Laraine Newman (@larainenewman) September 26, 2018     So, it may take a genius like King to illicit such a heartfelt response from an editor, at least we know that even the greats like King get rejected, and …

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All writers receive their fair share of rejection letters. Most are fairly impersonal, cold and distant. Even talented and famous writers like horror legend Stephen King get them. But recently, a heartfelt rejection letter has emerged, sent to King by a ‘sensitive and wise publisher at Doubleday’. 

 

 

 

 

So, it may take a genius like King to illicit such a heartfelt response from an editor, at least we know that even the greats like King get rejected, and it’s not just the rest of us.

 

 

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