I agreed with almost everything you said, except for the part about rejection being a myth. Because I have faced outright rejection when submitting proposals for books, short stories, and other publications. So, yes, rejections are real—because they don't like what I write, because they have a different approach, or simply because they don't understand it conceptually. Sometimes, I've even been rejected for being Latino, without even evaluating the quality of the manuscript. So yes, the fear of rejection can stem from real experience; it's not just something imagined. However, one can learn from those rejections to improve their craft.
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Thank you for your feedback. Let me empathize a little on that part where you were rejected.
There's a rule that says
"Some will, some won't, so what- Someone's waiting"
Its part of life that you wouldn't get a yes all the time. It only gets bad if you think every No is because you're not competent. A No doesn't mean you're not good, it only means -this is not it.
What brings hurt and pain is what you think after every No