/lit/ - Literature

Got a good few dozen rejections under my belt so I'm working on it. I think I've improved in the last few years but now I'm 22 and feeling like I'm plateauing and a bit scared about whether or not I'll be able to keep improvig. Right now I have like 3 stories I'm very proud of and about as many poems, but we'll see how I feel about them in a year or two. I didnt stake too much on this, I'm going into a labor union so I wont be too fucked financially, and after I'm done my apprenticeship I could even take half a year off every now and then if I get some money saved, or just work sort of sparsely.

Anybody know if continuing to submit to journals and contests is the better idea or if I should try and send a portfolio out to agents?