Comments on: Natania Barron talks about rejection

By: admin

admin — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:00:03 +0000

I don’t buy that ten years in the arts thing. Or the idea that you need to write 10 million “bad words” before you’re writing gets good (since that doesn’t make any sense- why would producing that much shitty writing equal to automatic brilliance?)

It is a time thing, that we know. Some people, it goes faster (but peak earlier) and others have to wait wait wait before success comes to them (but last longer with brilliance).

By: Natania

Natania — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:53:32 +0000

But when does “working in the arts” start? For me, anyway, I’ve been plugging away at it since I was twelve or so…

I’m not sure if there’s a magic number, but I know it’s not an easy fix. There’s no magic potion, there’s no special card–it just happens when and if it happens. Sure, there’s plenty of stuff you come across and ask, “How the hell did that get published?” Sometimes, it’s just a mystery

By: Leeroy Glinchy

Leeroy Glinchy — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:13:51 +0000

I have read that one needs to work for about ten years in the arts to succeed. This is 24/7 kind of work.

I know that rejections have really brought me down in the past. Still plugging at it at a low simmer, though. I guess the focus has to be on the current art and not on past rejections.