/lit/ - Literature

>stop caring about normies
>stop caring about women
>read books
>try to write a book
>try to reach enlightenment
>learn math and science for fun even though not good at it
>play Legend of Grimrock
>fantasize about minotaurs and lizardmen being best friends
>come to cozy internet forum
>have nice discussions with other autistic people
>imagine they're minotaurs and lizardmen
>wave of autistic peace washes over me like the surf of the cosmic ocean

No one can hurt me any more

It's time for coffee and a comfy all-nighter reading philosophy

https://soundcloud.com/henrikjonssonmusic/mystical-digital

In the morning I will go get waffles

>>13098519
Hang in there

>>13019523

>writer knows his days are numbered
>decides to write his last book
>book turns out to be his magnum opus

>mom said she'd increase my allowance if I started attending church with her
>have since become obsessed with Christianity and the Bible
>unironically considering entering a monastery or training to become a local priest

Has anyone here ever turned to religion relatively late in life?

Are there any good books from the perspective of someone who found religion later on in their lives?

What is the relationship between art and poverty, in your opinion?

I think about the great artists I respect, and I realize that one thing that many have in common is that they were financially poor, often as a result of a conscious decision to "pursue their art" rather than spending the bulk of their time trying to become financially comfortable instead.

Any thoughts?

How do I create a properly structured plot that isnt just, "random things happened because reasons..."

Or am I misunderstanding and this actually isnt a problem? It's my understanding that the plot should be driven by the main character(s) and no one else.

How do I give my character motivation? I'm trying to write a fantasy novel, and one of my two main characters has a clear motivation to accept the call to adventure, but the other one is seemingly just along for the ride.

Is it acceptable to keep her motivation unexplained for now and deal with it later on?

>mom found the toilet paper treatise

>mom won't let me revolt against the modern world

>have ambitions of publishing novels etc
>couldn't find full-time work after college
>moved to the big city
>found a low-paying office job and wrote every night despite exhaustion
>still felt like I could make it; that I hadn't sold out
>fast-forward five years
>still in the same job, earning a good wage, barely ever write and read relatively little, exhausted and depressed
>feel like a massive sell-out, unprincipled weakling too afraid to take a financial / status hit focus most of my energy on writing and reading
>if I stay around one more year in my job I'll received a large payout when the company sells
>feels like this will just guarantee my sellout-status

I feel like I've sold out and am almost certain that I'm never gonna make it as an authentic writer that anybody would want to read or root for. I'm literally just working a full-time (longer than full-time jobs in smaller towns & cities) job in order to make enough money to NEET for a few years, but at this point I am exhausted and completely lacking in motivation and self-worth. Imagine being a reader and learning of my biographical background and thinking "man, what a boring normie sell-out."

Anybody relate to this at all?

HOW THE *FUCK* AM I SUPPOSED TO WRITE ABOUT ROMANCE AND RELATIONSHIPS WHEN I'M *STILL* A VIRGIN!?!?!

I FEEL LIKE PUNCHING A HOLE IN THE GOD DAMN WALL RIGHT NOW.

>mom unsubscribed from the newsletter

A local journalist goes to live in his car to save up money for a house is actually a murdering serial killer who covers his own stories in the media.