Give the work a fair test

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The person reading your proposal says it is not for them. On the journey home, those last three words disappear. You remember only that the work was not wanted, and begin questioning the weeks you spent making it. Before you decide what the rejection means, recover the part you left out. Who was this for? What did that person need? Was the idea unclear, poorly timed, or simply different from what they were looking for? These questions cannot make disappointment pleasant. They can make it more precise. Your next attempt deserves more guidance than a general instruction to become better. Perhaps the opening needs changing. Perhaps the right reader has not seen it yet. Perhaps there is a weakness you can now address. Give the work an honest review and a fair test. A single response is worth understanding; it does not have to become the voice you hear every time you sit down to create.

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