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audrabianca
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Re: Multiple subheadings
I did feel like you were picking on me, especially after more rejections today. But I am a grownup and I have to get over it.
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Celeste Stewart
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Re: Multiple subheadings
Some of my favorite teachers were the ones that I couldn't stand at the time - primarily because they did pick on me. I know now that the nitpicks weren't pettiness or crabbiness but a geniune push. One of my favorite English teachers was absolutely horrible to me at the time both academically as well as personally (telling me I should never get involved with "that boy" or that spiking orange juice with vodka wasn't cool - stuff like that - what did SHE know about love, passion, and having a good time anyway? Cranky old bitty). Man, I learned my lessons the hard way - both academically and personally ("that boy" stalked me, tried to shove me out of a moving car on the freeway, and came after me at college with a gun to name a few little lessons learned). She is now one of my favorite teachers of all time and I wish that middle aged me could go back in time to tell teenaged me to listen to her.
So, middle aged me is whispering to all of us who receive CC rejection notices: Ed has our best interests in mind. Try not to get irritated. Sulk a little if you must because it does sting but after a day or two, go back and look at his suggestions with an open mind and revise. Your article will be better as a result and you might pick up a lesson or two in the process.
BTW, I really like the "A piece of artwork is never finished, it is only abandoned" analogy. So true! We all have to decide at which point our work is "good enough" so we can move on to the next project. Hopefully, we can get our articles to the point of admiration rather than head scratching (huh?). I'm going to try to keep this quote in mind because it's terrific.
So, middle aged me is whispering to all of us who receive CC rejection notices: Ed has our best interests in mind. Try not to get irritated. Sulk a little if you must because it does sting but after a day or two, go back and look at his suggestions with an open mind and revise. Your article will be better as a result and you might pick up a lesson or two in the process.
BTW, I really like the "A piece of artwork is never finished, it is only abandoned" analogy. So true! We all have to decide at which point our work is "good enough" so we can move on to the next project. Hopefully, we can get our articles to the point of admiration rather than head scratching (huh?). I'm going to try to keep this quote in mind because it's terrific.