Rejection, Resilience and the Writer’s Submission Toolkit
£95.00
In this one-day workshop, Jenny Knight will teach writers how to navigate the process of handling inevitable setbacks, building resilience, and creating a supportive writing community.
Description
Access: After checkout, we’ll confirm your place by email and send the Zoom joining details before the session.
Rejection, Resilience and the Writer’s Submission Toolkit is a live 90-minute Litro masterclass with Jenny Knight for writers preparing to submit, approach agents, enter competitions, or keep going after rejection, silence, or near-misses.
If you’ve been sending work out, thinking about agents, or wondering how to stay steady through the emotional side of the writing life, this session offers practical guidance, perspective, and next steps.
Who it’s for
- writers preparing to submit to agents, magazines, competitions, or publishers
- writers who have faced rejection, silence, near-misses, or confidence knocks
- writers who want a clearer, calmer approach to the submission process
- anyone trying to build resilience, confidence, and a more sustainable writing practice
How it works
- One live group masterclass on Zoom with Jenny Knight.
- 90 minutes of practical teaching, discussion, and Q&A.
- Small group format with seats capped at 15.
- Bring a question about agents, submissions, rejection, confidence, or next steps.
What we’ll cover
- Rejection and perspective: how to handle silence, form replies, near-misses, and disappointment without losing momentum
- Agent and submission confidence: how to think about fit, timing, research, and the basics of a strong submission approach
- Resilience toolkit: practical ways to keep writing, recover from setbacks, and build support around the work
- Community and next steps: how to stay connected, keep improving, and make the process feel less isolating
What you’ll leave with
- a clearer understanding of how rejection fits into the writing life
- practical ways to approach agents, competitions, and submissions with more confidence
- a personal resilience toolkit for setbacks, silence, and near-misses
- clearer next steps for your own writing and submission process
- a more realistic, less lonely view of how writers keep going
Session details
- Live on Zoom
- 90-minute group masterclass
- Seats capped at 15
- Saturday 26th September
Important: This course is designed to help writers approach rejection, submissions, agents, and resilience with more clarity and confidence. It does not guarantee publication, agent interest, or representation.