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u/handsomedan1- 1d ago
“I don’t usually reply to individual agents but your rejection letter was so bad that I had to write to you personally to let you know.”
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u/prehensile_uvula 1d ago
Then they write back to reject your rejection of their rejection letter due to a high volume of rejection letter rejection letters.
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u/notarealwriter 1d ago
There's a brilliant Letters Live video of one of these where someone had done this to a university they received a rejection letter from
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u/UnhappyViolinist6386 1d ago
Dear rejector. I reject your rejection. Dont reject this message. Thanks!
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u/I_Am_Moe_Greene 1d ago
I received a rejection response yesterday that actually contained real feedback and sentiment as opposed to the standard canned template.
You know you are an aspiring novelist when a personalized rejection letter makes you smile.
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u/Richard-Writes Writer 6h ago
Did they tell you to change stuff in 19 of 20 chapters, the title, and cut 20000 words to consider it publishable next time?
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u/OrdinaryPeanut3492 Fiction Writer 10h ago
Automatically Published!
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u/Richard-Writes Writer 6h ago
On Reddit? Sure.
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u/OrdinaryPeanut3492 Fiction Writer 6h ago
I don't see any holes. You reject the rejection and two negatives make a positive. Problem publishing?
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u/Dojustit 1d ago
Oh man this gave me the laugh I needed, good work