/lit/ - Literature

write the details of their surroundings
>anime
>hentai
>manga
people will come to the obvious conclusion of depression

Writing characters with easily identifiable mental illnesses is something only bad writers do

Depressed people don't live interesting lives, what could you possibly write about?

>>16005941
OK genius. Give me an example of what you consider not "easily identifiable"
>>16005953
self improvement.

>>16005968
Schizophrenia
Make the narrator unreliable as his hallucinations have real manifestations in his mind.

>>16005985
OK, I'll keep that in mind for a possible short story. But I'm writing YA and I'd rather focus on something simple and digestible to a normie audience.

OOOOOH IM COOOMING

>>16006058
this

just write all there dialogue post-nut

from experience

>>16005835
"I'm depressed", he thought depressively.

>>16006149
what's your take on erotica written by virgins?

>>16005835
depends on what your goal is.

if you want to portray it realistically, show a fat disgusting slob that nobody likes. no amibition, lays in bed most of the day, has hobbies but doesn't do them, lives with an idle anger at everybody that is obviously because they hate themself, doesn't know how to act or get along with other people, and is perpetually tired. also has crying fits and "Im GoNnA fUcKiNg KiLl MySeLf!!1!" moments periodically.

if you want a good case study on this, watch/read Welcome to the NHK.

if you want to portray it with the romanticism/fetishism that's popular nowadays then just have someone that goes out and does regular shit but drop them cutting themself or "I hAtE mYsElF!!1" and all the friends are like "b-but we love you!!1!" retarded ass emotional moment at the climax. if it's the main character maybe throw in a couple of internal monologues about how their envious/jealous of X or something idk

>>16006149
yep

>>16005835
use an excerpt from my diary desu

>>16005835
Give them great expectations and mix it with self-destructive actions and apathetic attitude.

>>16005835
they have no energy, they don't enjoy anything, they don't want to get out of bed, they don't want to go to work/school, they might have an addiction of some sort which is the only thing that makes them feel ok, they see the negative in everything, they have no hope, they feel bad about themselves, etc

Listen to a lot of black metal on rainy days and get yourself depressed. then write a diary. that's how you do it.

>>16005835
"how do i write a character who x"

why do people always post this

the answer is to read literature that includes those types of characters, note what you like, dislike, and potential for experimentation