User blog comment:Zumokiworks335/CREEPYPASTA WIKI IS FOR PRO'S/@comment-28578739-20160713143025

I doubt you actually read the responses. But might as well!

Goodness, rejection is a part of life. It's everywhere - in literature, science, theater, dance, sports. Heck, you're still a teenager, just wait until you get into the job market! Rejections galore!

It's scary, often very embarrassing, but a risk worth taking when growth and experience will always be gained no matter the result. A couple of years ago I went to audition for a ballet company (A three hour commute to get to it, BTW). I was nervous and my technique completely disappeared and witnessed by everyone else. When the Artistic Director invited me over he actually gave me back my resume and photos. I was beyond mortified and humiliated, wanting a hole to suck me up right then and there.

Did I go mope and rant about it? Bloody hell not. Sure, it sucked, but at least I don't have a "What If?" nagging at my brain in regards to that specific company. I'm still a ballerina today, I work, and I'm also a university grad. Nothing was ruined.

I have many other examples of rejection stories, as do every other member here.

You have to bloody learn already. Accepting your own weaknesses is not a bad thing, it's a strength. Accepting that you might need assistance is also not a bad thing, it's a strength. Otherwise you will always be stagnant.

And the reason why people are making fun of you now, is because you are portraying yourself as stubbornly stagnant. Everyone would have completely moved own already but here you are clinging on to nonsense.

Like everything else, writing is a skill. It's not about a bunch of crinkled-nosed snobs eyeing you down. You simply can't be half-assed about it, end of story. I'm glad this place cares about the integrity of writing.