# Writers: Here's how to deal with rejection letters

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-heres-how-to-deal-with-rejection-letters/14048>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 21, 2000, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-heres-how-to-deal-with-rejection-letters/14048 "2000-02-21T17:02:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2000, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-heres-how-to-deal-with-rejection-letters/14048/1 "2000-02-21T17:02:00Z")

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[http://www.brittanica.com/bcom/original/article/0,5744,4159,00.html](http://www.brittanica.com/bcom/original/article/0,5744,4159,00.html)

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**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2000, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-heres-how-to-deal-with-rejection-letters/14048/2 "2000-02-21T17:13:00Z")

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I got a good laugh out of that. Anyone read Letters from a Nut?

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Habit rules the unreflecting herd. - Wordsworth

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**Author:** ![Thirsty4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Thirsty4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thirsty4)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2000, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-heres-how-to-deal-with-rejection-letters/14048/3 "2000-02-21T17:25:00Z")

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I am replying to your post dated February 21, 2000, in which you posted _Writers: Here’s how to deal with rejection letters_. Clearly, a great deal of time and effort went into posting this message. However, since I have already read a great many others like it, it does not meet my needs at the present time.

I look forward to reading any messages you might wish to post in the future.

Sincerely,  
Thirsty4

I need to start responding to all my correspondence in this fashion. 😉

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**Author:** ![SoulFrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@SoulFrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulFrost)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2000, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-heres-how-to-deal-with-rejection-letters/14048/4 "2000-02-24T00:17:00Z")

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Oh man–that was too damn funny!

In **haiku**???

For those of you who routinely come face to face with the Rejection Beast, consider _The Rejection Quarterly_.

They publish only previously rejected material, and five rejection notices must be included with your submission…Jeez–I hope they’re still in business (I haven’t checked.)

-David