Most fans know that Stephen King’s big break came with Carrie, the story of a friendless, abused girl with secret telekinetic powers. A total of 30 publishing houses rejected his story for various reasons. One publishing house told him they were “not interested in science fiction which deals with negative utopias. They do not sell.”
In fact, he became so frustrated with the rejection that he dumped “Carrie” in the garbage. His wife, Tabitha, saw the manuscript and rescued it. After reading it she convinced him to keep trying. That was the start of King’s career (and lots of sleepless nights for many fortunate readers).
Doubleday picked up the paperback rights to the novel and sold more than a million copies in its first year.
Rejection is only an opinion.
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