The Wind Out of My Sails

Rejected! That word is so crushing. It must be all those hard consonants.
I'm trying to get back in the writing groove after getting a story rejected. If writing is hard, getting something published sometimes feels next to impossible.
The editor was perfectly polite, saying that she liked my idea, but that the story "never caught fire" for her. This is a very polite way of saying it was boring. Yee-ouch.
I'm trying to stay positive. If my stories are getting rejected, at least it means I'm still knocking them out and sending them in.
After a rejection, I'm often left with a dilemma. Do I trash the whole thing? Revamp, ramp up the tension and action and resubmit to another publication? I'm still not sure.
For now, I'll make like the little guy in the picture, but get back to work tomorrow.