Scream in the abyss or drown yourself?
You put in 20 hours of your life, to research, to find data, to kick in some motivation, to write, to edit, to guzzle a gallon, to get the courage, to submit…
… and the piece is rejected.
Happens right?
I must say often, if not daily.
When new especially.
No?
OK, then it's only me.
The lazy me, not willing to get on the 2-hour long intro call to understand company history, their "unique" idea and founder's eating habits.
Happens with me, with every alien project I take up the first time.
Every 52 out of 654678 projects is either outright rejected or goes through 29 edits before the original content is no more original.
What to do then?
Scream in the abyss? Drown yourself in a beer pool? Curse yourself why you accepted the task?
Curse yourself? Yes, that's what I do.
And then…
Take a break, get a coffee sip, munch out a pack of chips, and move on to the next project.
But did you know?
When a content piece is rejected, you have the right to do whatever you want with it. Be the master of your domain!
You can shred it, burn it or gulp it down with a bottle of water. Naa, not possible with "digital" articles.
Better, dust it a bit, work on it, and publish it in the name of… You.
That's what I did with this article to find e-commerce SEO keywords on Sunday.
Give it a read and let me know if it makes sense.
Sorry to leave you high.
Will see you with another irregular newsletter soon.
PS… I read Do Epic Shit last week, and here are my favourite 29 quotes for creators from the book.
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