02/05/2019
Every year I see hundreds and even thousands of “good enough” work, but rarely anything that knocks my socks off. Once a baseline quality standard has been established I ask myself; “did I learn something?” If the answer is no then your book is automatically rejected 🙅. If your book brings nothing to the table it is a waste of time. “Thank you, next.” Please, please, please! If there is one thing all of you mfa graduates need to understand it is that it doesn’t matter how groundbreaking your practice is if your practice is just regurgitating better writers ideas without iterating.
Please share this with someone who is trying to get their work out in the world to save them some time.