/lit/ - Literature

>been "writing" fantasy for years
>and by writing I mean coming up with ideas but being too afraid to commit to just one
How do I break the cycle, lads?

You have a gun, but only one bullet.

In the room you've got:
>Brandon Sanderson
>Patrick Rothfuss
>GRUM

Whoever you kill, it will be like he didn't exist.

Choose wisely, for the good of the world.

>>8666249
>my shitty hair dictates that I'll look like him years down the road

>dad's lit friend has a photograph of Thomas Pynchon
How much would something like that be worth?

>>6721034
>fool
>suicide
>meme
WHAT DOES IT MEAN

>blush whenever I think someone is looking at me
>grow my hair out so no one can see my face
>wear headphones in the hall so no one can talk to me
>nervous as fuck whenever teachers call on me
>always get A's, a few B's in math courses, but always in honors
>head always buried in a book or I'll be writing in a notebook
You make fun of ONE kid who killed himself halfway through your high school career and suddenly EVERYONE's your enemy.

>talking with a professor about starting in literary and philosophical history
>literally tells me "start with the Greeks"
>almost burst out laughing
>realize he might be one of us
I'm scared, /lit/. How many old professors visit this board?

>>5899710
I want to put up a finished story of mine on Wattpad but I'm having so much anxiety about it. What will my friends think when they see I posted it there instead of to a reputable market?

Anxious, gay, depressed, elitist, tired.

>/lit/ will never give you honest criticism of your book because you're too scared to post it

>tfw student teaching in September because my parents made me major in education even though I have crippling social anxiety
>can't do anything all day but think about the fact that I'll be teaching kids and imagining all the spaghetti I'll spill

>>4962127
>can read through every single fucking book in The Black Company series
>can't read a single fucking GRUM book
What the fuck is wrong with me?