Most people in the writing world talk about the three levels of rejection--form, personal, rewrite--but I've discovered seven types (after over 200 rejections before being published and about hundred after, I should know) Learning how to analyze rejection is a helpful skill for any writer because you'll learn what to ignore, what to consider, and what will put you on the right track or, as the case may be, off of it

The only good teachers for you are those friends who love you, who think you are interesting, or very important, or wonderfully funny ~Brenda Ueland The doubt demon loves artists