/lit/ - Literature

I feel like my heart's going to explode, lads. From love, not substance abuse. It's not even a pleasant feeling

I knew this girl would drive me to the brink of madness but continued anyway because I thought it would be good for my writing. As it turns out the brink of madness is no place to write.
Do anons believe there are people in this world who are simply incapable of having self-esteem? No success raises my spirit. Artistic, financial, sexual. Nothing satisfies me. What I really want is a profound spiritual marriage with someone I really love, to lead a heroic life and die heroically. And the world doesn't permit that. What is happening to me?

Are there any novels that incorporate screenplay elements / sections? Obviously Ulysses has the big play section, but is there anything equivalent since the popularisation of film?