/lit/ - Literature

>>4735403 (OP)

>implying preraphaelites weren't complete shit
>implying picasso wasn't infinitely better

>>4735418

/pol/ pls

>>4735428

>implying it wasn't hitler
>implying we didn't kill his ass

When I was younger, I killed my sister. I've been thinking about writing a novel/novella bout the subject, but I've been wondering what's the best way to approach it. If I write in the 1st person, am I exposing myself to legal consequences?

>>2049625


Not trolling, actually. It's what I actually believe. I don't mind a novel for entertainment every now and then, and when I'm on vacation I devour novels voraciously. However, nobody ever changed the world with a novel. No novel has ever reached the heights of art and beauty of Michelangelo or Milton. No novel has ever significantly challenged the way that people view the world, beyond empty stylistic experiments.

The novel is simply not a long-lasting form. Example is the Roman empire - from 500 years of European dominance, we have only one novel extant. When people decide which cultural artefact to save, nobody wastes space on the novelists.

pic related: it's a art, and unlike a novel it doesn't have to be translated, because its meaning and beauty will transcend all time, whereas no-one will be reading Joyce within 50 years.