Quote: Griff @ March 24 2011, 3:04 PM GMTOh and the "Real writers don't get upset by rejection" macho schtick is utter nonsense. Of course successful people are (usually) the ones who keep going. But if you think writers and artists are, or should somehow be, impervious to criticism and immune to rejection, you haven't read enough biographies.
Of course, but you should be able to keep it in perspective and not sink into a depression for weeks every time, as you're going to get rejected A LOT. Slump back, sigh, see if there's anything you can learn from it, move on and forget. Quickly.