My Future Shock Hell! (Chapter 2 of 4)
How to survive the submissions process (whether that's comics, novels, shorts, or screenplays) by rejection-proofing your soul
Art by Rob Davis
In Chapter One of My Future Shock Hell! I revealed how the legendary British sci-fi anthology 2000 AD became my first port of call when I decided that I wanted to ‘break in’ to comics.
READ: My Future Shock Hell! (Chapter 1 of 4) How I broke into comics and why there's no such thing
Almost twenty years on and still making cold submissions or pitches to various other outlets in various other media, I’ve realised that my experience of submitting those first Future Shocks has taught me how to cope with submitting just about anything.
The truth is, cold submissions never get easier; you just get better at coping with them.
Whether you’re submitting poetry or a short story to a literary magazine, a novel or screenplay to a prospective agent, or planning on writing a pitch for a Future Shock ready to throw at the next 2000 AD Talent Search, it’s always a good idea to do a little recon...