/lit/ - Literature

>>17352835
... Or 'Chess Story' by Stefan Zweig. These are simply books I have physically close to hand, but they are all good, traditionally published, and - most importantly - although their writing styles vary considerably, they all have that FLOW, that RHYTHM, that MUSIC behind the prose that simply makes the words sing. It's found in all good writing. And in comparison the writing of amateurs - the writing of 99% of excerpts I have ever seen on the board - are flat and tuneless. People can't accept that it will take them potentially years of work to get from 'okay' to this level of quality - or, quite possibly, that they will never get their at all, because in writing, as in all art, hard work can never fully compensate for a lack of innate talent.

Stop thinking everyone can be a writer. And if you want it badly enough, believe fiercely enough that you have the raw talent AND work ethic needed to succeed, then get off the writing general of a literature board on 4chan and actually finish that first draft.