/lit/ - Literature

>works 2 years on a book
>don’t research market at all
>don’t build audience
>don’t advertise
>throw book into void thinking smugly how much better I am than George R.R. Martin
>Cry self to sleep when it sells 5 copies over 9 months, wondering why a publisher hasn’t approached me yet
Many such cases.

Fictional stories rich in philosophy.
There needs to be more stories that aren’t just fun to be read, but deep in meaning.
I swear most of you fags see fiction as a means of pushing marvel-tier capeshit disney onions worship.
Candide is a great example of what should be done more often.