/lit/ - Literature

>>9008454
>>9005382
>those tan lines

>>6344727
I don't know why, but I love hating this magnificent prick.

>>6149201
My first novel was around 600 pages before I scrapped it. I had lost all control of the story and realized I was nowhere near experienced enough to handle as expansive a plot as I had created. I had also lost all enjoyment when working on it as evidenced by the last hundred or so pages taking almost as long to write as the first five hundred.

Last month I started on a new novel. It's short, not too complicated and I am loving every moment of the process. The realization that I was just digging myself into a hole and the decision to set aside my first novel, forget about it, and start fresh was a very liberating and exciting moment for me. My passion for writing has been renewed like never before and I am already almost finished with the new novel.

>>6028873
I took a few creative writing classes, and every single time there was that one asshole who thought they would be the one to finally pull off 2nd person.

>mfw they always failed catastrophically

>>5891335
Yes, read Malazan.
There have been a couple threads discussing it recently, and it's generally recommended.
I'm 100 pages away from finishing book 3 and I'm loving it so far.