/lit/ - Literature

I got into literature when I was 15 because I wanted to fuck my q3.14 lit teacher. I liked it so much that I've ignored every subject but humanities. I ended up being terrible at STEM subjects so I'll major in lit. this year. I'm afraid I won't find a job.

Also, I tell people that I write, but I keep the results to myself. In reality I stopped writing when I was 18 because I no longer had an excuse to turn them in to my teacher, I was left with no one to impress with it. I realized I'm going nowhere as a writer or a poet. I can write articles and criticism, but I don't have the necessary creativity to write my own literature. The last time I wrote was months ago, and it was because I saw the pic related and was reminded of the shit I fantasized about when I was 16ish.


Fuck you, Miss S, you ruined my life! (literally pls she's still under 35 and a cutie, we still keep in touch)

This might be a very cynical thread, but anyways:

Is the era of literature gone? Cinema has come, and now the television has replaced the novel. Casually reading literature is seen as some perplexing act. And those who do continue to read literature ""casually"" are either 12 year olds reading the Hunger Games or white women reading shit like Fifty Shades of Grey.

With that being said, there is and always will be a plethora of knowledge that is espoused from literature. However, those who wish to create new, original pieces of literature in our era will have little success unless they cater to the aforementioned groups. Thus, writers wishing to put their originality on the market might be doomed.

What is a writer supposed to do in this situation if they wish to influence the minds of the masses with their works? As we have already stated, the literature market is extremely unfavorable to original thought and has a limited audience. However, television often times welcomes original thought and has a nearly unlimited audience. Television shows have the possibility of influencing the minds of millions, and leaving a lasting effect.

Therefore, should aspiring writers turn to television? Sure, there won't be engaging prose or poetic imagery. However, writers could channel their ideas to a much larger crowd more efficiently than doing so with a novel.

TL;DR Should novelists ditch their rough drafts for a screenplay for the sake of influence?