I keep thinking I haven’t failed enough to really get a good feel for what it is I want to succeed at. But I feel like I’m in a good position – I’m motivated to keep up the freelancing to other publications so far I’m at 0 for 3 – 3 letters sent with no responses. But I’m still writing other pitches and I know after 10, one has bound to be successful.

This is a long comment but when I was asked to resign from my first journalism job after a few months because I wasn’t a good writer, I viewed that for a year clearly that I failed and could never succeed again. I’ve spent the last year changing the way I think and focusing on things I can do to learn and improve my writing while investing in other areas of interest. Thanks for the inspiration! It’s always a good reminder even though I should know better.

As you said, failure is inevitable, it’s how you respond to it.

Your post is very motivational. I think everyone has failed at some point in their life. It’s great to see someone that fell, brushed themselves off, and continues on their way. Good luck!