A nice article

about acting, but can be applied to writing as well. If you substitute "actor/acting" with "writer/writing," "audition" with "submission," "producer" with "editor/agent," you may see the parallel:

https://www.nowcasting.com/actorsink/article.php?articleID=1535&lastUpdate=20070724204235

The reason why I sucked in my acting career was that I did treat each auditions as "success and failure" based on whether I got the part or not. My auditions are far and between because most often "I'm not right for the part" but I'm missing out on the process. A friend of mine insisted on his agent sending him to EVERY audition. He's not famous but he is getting a good number of jobs.

With writing, it seems like I'm more in tune with the process -- you write, you improve, you keep sending things out until no one want it, you keep doing it.... So the article just seems to shine a light on me.