Hi
I have recently taken up creative writing and I am doing a part-time evening course in it. My lecturer recently suggested that I enter a short story competition. The story was surrounding a charity I support and would have given the plight people face more exposure had it been printed.
I think I fully expected it to be shortlisted but apparently it wasn't even long listed and now I feel a bit silly and my confidence has gone through the floor. It was only for a local writing magazine and the first thing I have ever entered. The thing is a lot of what I write comes from the heart etc which makes it all seem like a bigger rejection somehow. I write mainly for myself but would love to see something in print to kind of validate the fact that I can write but I guess what I wrote would only have appealed to a niche section of society. I am surprised at my reaction and wondered if anyone else is just starting out and has experienced what feels like rejection. There was something on the results e-mail which encouraged writers not to be down hearted, your time will come but I find it hard not to think you're no good at this and carry on.
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Entering competitions - didn't realise how disheartened I'd feel
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monkeytree · 16/11/2016 15:35
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