/lit/ - Literature

>>21263406
Not true, at least among my immediate team.
One plays drums.
One is an incredibly good rock guitarist; he even gives lessons on the side. But making it in the entertainment business is nigh-impossible.
One is a green thumb & has an extensive garden.
One is a double kung-fu black-belt.
One restores classic autos.
And I write fiction, mostly short stories.

>>20755327
Well, sure. So you don't come right out and have the character announce their goals.
Instead, maybe you show the character trying to live life, but subtly messing it up. Daydreaming, not doing what they're supposed to do, not being where they're supposed to be, and so on.
Going home from work, they don't do their errands or go straight home, but instead go by a "pick your own" apple orchard, where he spends entirely too much time, and rejects most apples, only keeping a handful.
He goes so far as to pick apples for other people and give them filled baskets, for which they're grateful.
As his basket is rung up by the farmer, he asks why he picked so few apples.
The character, sporting a thousand-mile stare, says he has his reasons.
The farmer shrugs and lets it go.
At home, his wife realizes he's been picking apples again, and demands to know what's behind his obsession.
He's evasive, and says she'll never understand.
She huffs that she's going out with her friends, and not to wait up.
He stays home, examining each apple closely, even caressing them.

Your story doesn't have to be like this, but it has to be a story.
There's a huge difference between having ideas and telling a story.

>>20725677
What exactly is your intended market for this?
Certainly not tradpubbing, or anything where a sane person would be willing to give their name.

>>15861232
>have like 50 Harry Potter books, 25 Bibles, 10 books on the JFK assassination, 15 copies of 1984 + Fahrenheit + Brave New World total, and a shitload of Agatha Christie books I'll probably just mail to a random person for fun

>>6943773
>>6943773

People who claim morals are a thing have the burden of proof. You can't logically reason that slavery is inherently wrong.