I got a nice rejection today. I’m going to paraphrase, but it went something like this…   Hi Natalie, thanks for considering [magazine name]. Unfortunately, the story doesn’t quite work for me, but I wish you luck with placing it elsewhere.   It’s nice because; It uses my name, which makes it a lot more personal than ‘dear author.’    It is polite, thanking me for submitting my (if I’m honest) bit rubbish story. It is positioned as personal preference, suggesting it doesn’t w