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For the days we feel discouraged -
Oct. 16th, 2012 06:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
faradToday's Letter of Note is one that I think every writer and potential writer should read, simply because it's proof that critics and people who made decisions that affect our lives are often wrong.
"How I Would Like To Work for You" - a letter from 23-year-old Eudora Welty to The New Yorker, asking for a job:
( A most delightful letter )
Despite that awesome letter, the editors of the magazine did not see fit to hire her then. As LoN points out:
"Eudora went on to write numerous pieces for The New Yorker and later won multiple awards for her work, including, in 1973, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel, The Optimist's Daughter. Seven years later, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom."
There's hope for most of us, even when we get bad reviews and criticism.
"How I Would Like To Work for You" - a letter from 23-year-old Eudora Welty to The New Yorker, asking for a job:
( A most delightful letter )
Despite that awesome letter, the editors of the magazine did not see fit to hire her then. As LoN points out:
"Eudora went on to write numerous pieces for The New Yorker and later won multiple awards for her work, including, in 1973, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel, The Optimist's Daughter. Seven years later, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom."
There's hope for most of us, even when we get bad reviews and criticism.