Legendary Writers Who Were Rejected Before They Were Accepted

Francesco Joseph
ILLUMINATION
Published in
5 min readApr 17, 2022

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Writing is a craft, a certain skill that not everyone can do, but those who do seemingly know the secrets to success wherever they go. Or at least, that’s what we are led to believe. The truth is even the best were once rejected just like the rest of us.

The fact of the matter is all writers were not created equally. Some great writers also face their fair share of struggles. No one ever hears about their failures. Even Babe Ruth struck 1330 times in his career, but no one ever talks about how many times he missed the ball…

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