Is it bad luck to throw them away? Even worse luck to keep them, eternal reminders of one's failure?
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I actually found this a really interesting question, so I wrote a longer post about it. http://plottypus.blogspot.com/2012/04/fate-of-your-rejection-letters.html
Seems to me the real divide is between formal and personal letters
I'm a keeper too Susannah. I can then remind myself that I actually tried to get something published rather than just sitting writing and then doing nothing about it.
Form rejections, I get rid of - especially since many are just e-mails. But I have a few letters from well on thirteen years ago that I still keep - the ones with encouraging words to a young writer, that I can always look back on and feel happy about, and, yes, be thankful for when I eventually get out there and published!
I actually found this a really interesting question, so I wrote a longer post about it. http://plottypus.blogspot.com/2012/04/fate-of-your-rejection-letters.html
Seems to me the real divide is between formal and personal letters
I'm a keeper too Susannah. I can then remind myself that I actually tried to get something published rather than just sitting writing and then doing nothing about it.
Form rejections, I get rid of - especially since many are just e-mails. But I have a few letters from well on thirteen years ago that I still keep - the ones with encouraging words to a young writer, that I can always look back on and feel happy about, and, yes, be thankful for when I eventually get out there and published!