/lit/ - Literature

Can't sleep, give me something

There once was a man from Ipanema. Actually it was a lizard. The lizard was green, but everyone who looked at it went colour blind. Green was the last colour they ever saw. So they called the green lizard Green the lizard. Eventually the whole world went colour blind. One man, a painter, who liked colours, got upset and grilled the lizard on a stick next to a campfire. He then ate the lizard. The man then went back to Ipanema, because that was where he was from..

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That is what went through my head when I tried to sleep. Also I think I have some kind or neurosis induced insomnia. I have eye drops I only use when I smoke cannabis. This is the first time I used it without smoking because my eyes are getting fucked.

Whenever I used to see posts like this I thought to myself: "Must suck to be that faggot."

So for the those thinking that reading this, you're time will come, oh yes.

>Trying to write a novel
>Keep feeling the need to compare myself to greats like Conrad, Orwell, or Melville
>Feel like I can't continue with my first draft until I've edited everything I've done so far to perfection
>Every time someone gives me edits I feel the need to retaliate and disregard their advice
>mfw

How do you deal with perfectionism when writing, /lit/?