/lit/ - Literature

If things work out, I should be going to the technical university of veinna this fall to study civil engineering. If they dont I have no idea what I'm going to do. I graduated last may and have spent the past year learning german and jumping through the series of hoops that lead me to TU veinna, so i need to be in college or uni of some type this fall. This basically limits me to community college or the shithile uni in Illinois that I applied to to get a letter as proof of my eligability to study in the US (which Is a prerequisite for tu veinna) but that offered to pay for me to go there.
I write when I can, but going all in and trying to make money off it would be too much of a gamble

How much do I have to read before writing my first novel?