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Why save a rejection letter?
It’s an example of my tenacity! Evidence that somewhere in the world, someone has read my work.
But it’s a rejection letter, a generic one at that.
Rejection – dejection. The editor didn’t think your story was as amazing as you did.
A rejection letter is evidence of my ineptitude.
But some response is better than none at all. I’ll save it in a computer file.
Why? In saving a rejection letter, am I hanging onto something negative that might taint my writing in nearby files?
Or maybe…
I’m thinking about it too much.
On to writing the next piece, plotting the next novel, submitting the next story.
I’ll deal with what to do with rejection letters the next time I receive one.
I’m okay with that.
For now.
Eve Messenger 
I save all of them, and re-read any that took time to give feedback a few days later after the initial hurt fades away.
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Kudos, Chris, for receiving rejection letters with feedback. 😀
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Throw them away! No negativity around 🙂
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Sounds good to me! What about those with personal comments? Thoughts?
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Well, I think if there’s a message in there that you want to remember, or that you think is useful, then yeah, they’re probably worth keeping around! But if it’s just a flat out no, no one needs that around!
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Word.
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