1. Make paper airplane; aim for nearest recycling bin.
2. Hang on fridge with "You'll regret this" scrawled across it in red Sharpie.
3. Cut into tiny pieces; use as confetti the next time you write a great poem (i.e., tomorrow).
4. Cut up, along with photos of birds and flowers from magazines. Decoupage!
5. Paste it into your writing journal and draw a beautiful "frame' around it using lavender and pink crayons. Cross out "we are sorry" and write "we are so very stupid."
6. Pin to dart board.
7. Shred; feed to worms.
8. When you have one hundred, cut in strips and fashion a paper chain to hang across your workroom ceiling.
10. When you have ten thousand, self-publish.
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I love this! And yes, they should have written "we are so stupid."
I might have to borrow this soon!
Thanks, Susan (though no offense to fine mag editors such as yourself!). xo m
I am not missing your point, but honestly, I would keep them as a badge of honor. Rejection slips mean I submitted something. How cool would that be?
Tracey: I wrote this post to cheer up a friend who got pelted w rejection slips. My goal was to get her to laugh and keep writing. My writer self agrees with you--I've kept all my rejection slips in increasingly thick folders--20 years' worth. Not sure what they've taught me--keep trying? Often it takes 6 or more times for a poem to get "taken." All those rejections make the "yes" all the more sweet.
Another use: Twist in the middle to make a bow, and it becomes a cat toy. (My cat is currently LOVING these.)
In my folder, I keep only those rejections that have a personal note on them. Otherwise, I'd need a larger house.
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