My point was to move on and work on something else.   A few years ago I wrote a piece more specific to dealing with rejection and thought this might be a good time to reprise it. 

Dealing with rejection is never easy. Especially when starting out. Barry Diller (the Dali Lama of sharks, pictured right) has the philosophy that when a deal falls through or is rejected, his automatic response is: "Next?!"

Writers need a thick skin, belief in themselves, and five times a week therapy (prom rebuffs linger large). The good news is if you've written a spec, all you need is one person to say yes. (I know, you could say that about the prom, too. Get over it already!)

I've saved all my rejection letters and wouldn't you know, a number of the writers who initially said I sucked eventually submitted scripts to me looking for a job years later. (No, I didn't just send back their rejection letters and flip flop the names…but I wanted to.)

Keep striving to improve, maybe find some constructive use in the rejection (if it's offered and useful), but never let your worth be decided by someone else. Supposedly, Richard Wagner once wrote back to a critic who panned one of his works by saying (and I'm paraphrasing), "I am currently sitting on the toilet. At the moment your critique is in front of me. In a moment it will be behind me."

I've written spec screenplays that have sold and others that haven't. I used to ask my agent if they gave any reason for passing. I would hear such explanations as: too broad, not broad enough; too edgy, too soft; too familiar, too out there. And all these regarding the same script. My favorite rejection of all-time was from an idiot studio executive who said this about one of my screenplays:

"The writing was so good it almost fooled me into liking this script."

How do you react to that other than laugh and drop him a note congratulating him on the success of FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY? I no longer ask for explanations. I no longer even wait to hear the reaction on one project before launching into another. I don't consider any of my screenplays rejected, just "not having sold yet".

Depuis quelques années, dans le monde du design, de la mode et de la décoration, on a assisté à la montée du maximalisme.

Inspirés par le défunt magazine Domino, les designers, les décorateurs, les stylistes ainsi que leurs clients, adoptent peu à peu cette façon de décorer qui tend à supplanter le minimalisme des dernières années.

Cette tendance incorpore des couleurs plus riches, un agencement de couches de textures et de motifs et une fusion éclectique de styles historiques,  de formes et d'atmosphères.

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Pour certains, le maximalisme, lorsque mal exécuté,  représente une overdose de couleurs, de motifs et de formes. Mais lorsque bien fait, on assiste à une composition très stimulante quel que soit le style traité.



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Les champions de ce style sont les designers et décorateurs Myles Redd et Kelly Wreastler.

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Le style minimaliste, quant à lui, est basé sur l'élimination du superflu qui se trouve dans la pièce. Il est souvent associé au style asiatique et au style moderne.  L'épuration des formes, la mise en valeur de l'espace et des volumes, un environnement très linéaire et dépouillé en sont des caractéristiques.

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Certains comparent ces intérieurs à des laboratoires, les qualifiant de froids et d'impersonnels.


Pour ma part, le style hybride me convient. Plus vivant, plus accueillant et plus facile à vivre, surtout avec des enfants, ce style marie divers éléments maximalistes et du minimalistes.

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Comment je l'interprète ?

Une toile de fond comportant des lignes et des formes simples, des couches de textures monochromatiques et quelques éclats de couleurs.  Et pour finir, on ajoute plusieurs accessoires pour démontrer qu'il y a de la vie dans la maison.

Et voilà !

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Et vous, êtes-vous minimaliste ou maximaliste ?

Aaron, a reader of this blog, spotted a new option in Google Docs: creating tables. It seems that Google Docs started to integrate with Fusion Tables, a little-known Google service that lets you manage large data sets.


I don't see "table (beta)" in Google Docs, so this could be a slow rollout or just a limited experiment. Fusion Tables already has a Google+ interface:


"Google Fusion Tables is a modern data management and publishing web application that makes it easy to host, manage, collaborate on, visualize, and publish data tables online." You can find some examples in the gallery. There are also many tutorials that help you create tables and turn them into maps.

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They specialize in vinyl wall decals, stickers and sweet graphics (like Bruce Lee) for your home, toilet and more.

Black Sofa in Modern Living


This pivot table can be used as support for a cup of tea for a laptop, so you can relax and comfortably furnished with furniture of this work. Black Sofa in Modern Living is beautifully set in pure white and black colors.