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Has Your Writing Been Rejected? 15 Famous Writers Who Succeded After Failing

Derek Strike
6 min readOct 2, 2022

Inspiration on dealing with rejection from those who have been there.

“And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.” J.K. Rowling

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There are reasons you could fail as a writer; no commitment, too lazy, lack of planning, no focus, or unrealistic expectations. With renewed discipline, you get through, only to get rejected again and again. This is the final barrier when so many potential writers give it away.

What would it be like to be inspired every time you received a rejection?

Something that motivated you like it inspired Robert Pirsig, who bounced back from 121 rejections or Ray Bradbury over 800 times!!

Rejection is inevitable if you intend to do anything original

Here’s a list of 15 writers, with links, who reframed rejections and made them stepping stones on the pathway to their success.

Derek Strike
Derek Strike

Written by Derek Strike

Writing is about becoming conscious. Nothing in life is of any value unless it is shared with others. Love to learn and be challenged.

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