The Great Thing About Being Rejected....

When I first began this journey, not understanding the business end, I took rejection hard. I threw things, I swore, I pledged vengeance on the idiot who attempt to destroy my dream etc. But in time rejection led to better things. I am re-working a twice rejected short story now and am actually excited in the tale discovering the vitality it never had. In my blind mind I thought the original was brilliant; how could anyone not want to grace their pages with this burst of beauty, action and terror? Upon further review---this story sucked. Not now and not in the streamlined direction it is headed now. But editors are not always a good barometer. Two of my pieces heavily panned by editors in long emails were reflexsively turned around to anthologies where they were praised and published. Four others fared well to rave reviews in other journals; and one did extremely well in a contest. Editors are like shoes; the fit not the look should matter.