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For several years, I've written short fiction as a hobby. (I say hobby, because no matter how successful you are as a short story writer, there's just no chance of making a living at it!) Anyway, this post resonated with me. I'm part of an online writing group, and we try to celebrate and set annual goals around rejection -- because it's absolutely inevitable. As you said, the more you're rejected, the more you can use it as a badge of honor of putting yourself out there. I used to be devastated by rejection as a writer. Now, I'm targeting 100 rejections in my short fiction hobby this year.

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