You Can’t Spell Reject Without, Uh…
Having your pitches rejected stinks. Why? Do you really need me to list reasons? 1.) Your good idea actually isn’t that good at all. 2.) You wasted your time. 3.) All your friends who pitch successfully and effortlessly are now extra annoying.
Somehow, though, the folks at About Freelance Writing are trying to get you to celebrate your rejection. So go ahead! You are a winner, you loser! I dare you, though, next time an editor rejects you, to respond, “At least I actually wrote something. Probably 90% of the people who say they want to write never sit down and write.”
Join Baratunde Thurston (left), The Onion’s Director of Digital and author of How to Be Black, for an entertaining look at creative social media campaigns in our 
