Yeah, I saw the ‘collect 10 rejections’ challenge and it gave me a chuckle. It reminds me of my work in the counselling world, we would call that ‘positive reframing’. Or if you want the $20 word version favoured by psychologists and psychiatrists – ‘Ericksonian paradoxical intention’.

Anyway, whatever you want to call it, it’s a great way of empowering you to endure the pain of rejection. Inside all of us lurks the awkward teenager who remembers that injury keenly. Or maybe that’s just me

I see from your blog that you’re Canadian. I lived in Canada for 3 years in what seems like a previous life now – Victoria, BC to be exact. I remember it fondly. Canada is a wonderful place.

Congrats on finding Kiwiwriters. It is a great site with almost every level of writer on there. It will probably be a little quieter in November, since it’s Nanowrimo month.

Someone posted a brilliant challenge – collect 10 rejection letters in a year. This strategy completely takes the pressure off and gets you to look forward to that rejection letter, something that would normally scare the bejesus out of you.

Have fun and I’ll hopefully see you on there.