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Writing|Editing|Helping

Rejected!

Why it’s not always a writer’s fault

Do you know your partner? You know, the one you’re sleeping with at night. Do you know them?

You should. The relationship you have with them hinges on the knowledge you possess and the various ways you use it to make things work.

After all, a working relationship is what you are after, right?

It’s no different in the world of writing. Just no sex. And the concept of foreplay brings about a completely different result.

Writer’s write. They put words down on paper or computer. They bring ideas to life. They make us laugh and cry and think and if they’re really good — swear, like an unrepentant sailor. They exist to make us look at things we need to but don’t always want to.

Editor’s edit. They mold and massage and tweak stories and articles so that they present the best side of the writer and the writing. They also are administrative in that they deal with the well-being of the Publication, magazine, publishing house and so on. Their duties often extend beyond the writer. But at the end of the day — without the writers — they have no publishing house or magazine. Just them in the office arranging and rearranging their stapler and paper clips.

So, why do writer’s get so upset when they are Rejected?

For the same reason you get upset when you ask your partner for help or an answer to an important question and they go silent. Or simply say: That doesn’t fit with my current needs.

WHY EDITING?

Editors don’t exist to make you a better writer. They exist to make their publications as good as they can be, while following whatever mission they started out with.

But … it is in their best interest for that exact thing to take place. The better you get, the better the articles you’ll write and submit and eventually, the quality of content in their Pub will improve. It’s called symbiosis.

They don’t spend all day tweaking your words to make them work. That’s your job. But whatever they do and communicate to improve writers, always pays dividends.

It’s a practical law in operation that states: You get what you incentivize. If you issue bonuses on quantity only, quality suffers. If you incentive sales but not happy customers — guess what happens? If you validate a writer’s effort and improvement and help to bring about both, then that’s what you’ll get more of.

At the end of the day editing is about contributing to the creation of good writing. And yes, to the creation of a publication that others want to visit and spend more time with. These two factors will always go together.

ILLUMINATION

We have over 2700 writers contributing. We don’t have anywhere near that many editors. I know, because I am one of them. Been there from the beginning. Which makes for interesting days when you consider how many stories 2700+ writers can produce!

WHAT’S DIFFERENT?

Some have objected to our — Come one, Come all — approach to publication. I understand this. But this is not a call for writers to send in whatever is lying about the living room. We want effort. We want clarity. We want captioned images that clearly state who owns them and if you have permission to use them.

But most of all — we want you to win at this aggravating, mind numbing, soul pleasing activity called writing.

So, we’ll help where we can. We’ll educate where we can by issuing articles about our publication. We’ll encourage the use of our Slack channels so you can engage with other writers and share stories, techniques, and other helpful tips. We’ll read what you send in, as will thousands of our followers. We’ll comment and clap and in whatever ways are available to us — show you that we care.

YOUR END OF IT

And in return, we only ask that you submit your best effort. One that you thought about. Wrote out fully. Thought about some more. Re-wrote as needed. Titled it. Sub-titled it. Used photos or images that enhance it -which you have an okay to use.

Simple. That’s the foreplay I was referring to earlier. It puts all of us in the right mood to succeed.

Joe Luca is writer and editor for ILLUMINATION and a published author and writer of children’s stories, short fiction, non-fiction articles, screenplays and poetry. Publications include Child’s Life, Children’s Playmate and others. There are some other articles below — have a read. And thank you for stopping by.