Dear Author:
“It’s too different
from other juveniles on the market to warrant selling.”
And to Think I Saw
it on Mulberry Street by Dr, Seuss
“It is impossible to sell animal stories in the USA.”
Animal Farm by George
Orwell
“You’d have a
decent book if you’d get rid of that Gatsby character.”
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott
Fitzgerald’s
“It’s too
nicey-nice.”
“Nobody wants to
read a book of short little stories.”
Chicken Soup for
the Soul by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen
“A dreary record of
typical family bickering, petty annoyances and adolescent emotions.”
The Diary of Anne
Frank
“An absurd and
uninteresting fantasy which was rubbish and dull.”
Lord of the Flies by William
Golding
“An irresponsible
holiday story.”
The Wind in the
Willows by Kenneth Grahame
“We don’t think we
could distribute enough copies to satisfy you or ourselves.”
The Clan of the
Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
“Not interested in
science fiction which deals with negative utopias. They do not sell.”
Carrie by Stephen
King
“There is no market for this kind of tiring writing.”
Kathryn Stockett’s 40th rejection for The
Help
PROMPT:
Never, never, never give up.
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
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