Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
That's the message JK Rowling hangs her hat on anyways. The Harry Potter author responded to fan's comment about getting rejected by publishers and the stories she shared might shock you.
Not getting down... because this WILL happen. This is just the beginning. @jk_rowling got rejected, I will too! #ItsAllGood #AmWriting
— Dianne Brubaker (@diannebee) March 25, 2016
I pinned my 1st rejection letter to my kitchen wall because it gave me something in common with all my fave writers! https://t.co/ZmGNWDdF7x
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 25, 2016
Fans immediately begged Rowling to share some of the letters online. She said they were tucked away in the attic but she did share rejection letters she received under the pen name 'Robert Galbraith'. That's right, she was getting rejection letters even after she became one of the best selling authors on the planet.
By popular request, 2 of @RGalbrath's rejection letters! (For inspiration, not revenge, so I've removed signatures.) pic.twitter.com/vVoc0x6r8W
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 25, 2016
As she says in the tweet, Rowling was posting the rejection letters for inspiration for other writers rather than revenge, hence she blocked out the names and signatures of the publishers. Another shocking thing to learn was that lightning does indeed strike in the same place twice.
. @jk_rowling were any of them the same people that turned down Harry? Did any of them make the same mistake twice? https://t.co/xNLrvSIBj0
— Joshua Cunningham ÏŸ (@PhotoOomph) March 25, 2016
Yes, the publisher who first turned down Harry also sent @RGalbraith his rudest rejection (by email)! https://t.co/22Jwf2u8hy
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 25, 2016
That publisher must be pulling their hair out at this stage!
Via Mashable
