: Re: What keeps most authors writing after receiving multiple rejections? Last year, I completed a heavily researched 95,000-word novel about an emerging pandemic that targets primarily children. I am

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There are three ways of answering your question:

Professionalism: Some people recognize that frequent rejections are simply an intrinsic part of this particular job, and don't take them personally, or allow them to slow them down. I don't actually know anyone who has achieved this frame of mind, but it stands to reason people like this must exist --I aspire to join their ranks some day.
They can't help it: Writers tend to keep writing no matter what --even if they don't want to, and gain no reward or affirmation for doing so. That's what makes them writers.
Selection Bias: Nearly 100% of the people known as writers endured multiple rounds of rejection to achieve/maintain that status. All the people who gave up aren't known to be writers (except perhaps to their close friends and immediate family members).

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