revhans:

I love these tips. I hope all my writer friends will draw some inspiration and maybe comfort from them. Thanks to Cody Delistraty for compiling them in this great post!

Originally posted on Thought Catalog:

A lot of people think they can write or paint or draw or sing or make movies or what-have-you, but having an artistic temperament doth not make one an artist.

Even the great writers of our time have tried and failed and failed some more. Vladimir Nabokov received a harsh rejection letter from Knopf upon submitting Lolita, which would later go on to sell fifty million copies. Sylvia Plath���s first rejection letter for The Bell Jar read, ���There certainly isn���t enough genuine talent for us to take notice.��� Gertrude Stein received a cruel rejection letter that mocked her style. Marcel Proust���s Swann���s Way earned him a sprawling rejection letter regarding the reasons he should simply give up writing all together. Tim Burton���s first illustrated book, The Giant Zlig, got the thumbs down from Walt Disney Productions, and even Jack Kerouac���s perennial On the Road received a particularly blunt���

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