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>van Gogh already had an extensive network of contacts for his art due to his family's art business and earned more money each month from his brother's donations than the average full-time working class man at the time

>Houellebecq had his first apartment in Paris paid for him by his father and could have taken the Tedpill and lived on his family's farm in Spain at any point if he wanted to

>Tolstoy was from a very wealthy family and could LARP as a serf in old age and be praised for throwing a few more shekels to the peasants who looked after his family's estate

>Steinbeck lived rent-free in his wealthy father's spare home while writing his first novels

>Knausgaard was born in Norway at a time when writers could literally spend years living off grants in beautiful locations (e.g., a lighthouse, a remote cabin) and had the support of a state-financed literary establishment

Etc.

When did you realise that simply "dreaming" of being a writer is retarded unless you were born into a wealthy family or in a nation which actively supported its artists?

>> No.18613913

I don't care.

>> No.18613919

>>18613913
Why post, then?

>> No.18613926

>>18613919
It's a free country, pinko.

>> No.18613928
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>>18613919
>Why post, then?

>> No.18613931

i've always known it.

>> No.18613943

>>18613919

misinterpreting his post - he does not mean "The information you have presented in this post is of no interest to me", but rather "What you've said is at worst an unfounded observation and at best a pithy aphorism"

>> No.18613951

>>18613909
Is anything preventing you from going NEET and spending your days reading and writing?

Do your parents hate you? Too scared to quit your heckin joberino?

>> No.18613960

>>18613951
What will society think of me?

>> No.18613966

>>18613960
With such conformist bugman attitude you were never going to make it anyway.

>> No.18613973

>>18613960
>What will society think of me?
What makes you think that society thinks?

>> No.18613992

>>18613909
many such cases. most of the significant and remarkable men in the 20th century were part of the rich/elite/privileged, and it is still like that to this day, for the most part.

>> No.18614441

>>18613909
>Knausgaard was born in Norway at a time when writers could literally spend years living off grants in beautiful locations

what do you mean idiot thats right fucking now, Knausgård blew up last decade its not that long ago.

>> No.18614456

>>18614441
It was in the mid-to-late nineties actually, pre-internet.

>> No.18614552

>>18613909
>When did you realise that simply "dreaming" of being a writer is retarded unless you were born into a wealthy family or in a nation which actively supported its artists?
When I was 20 (I'm 25 now).

>> No.18614584

>>18613909
kek being a writer is easy, bums like Bukowski are writers. materially speaking all you need is pen and paper or a typewriter/computer if you're a homosexual. try being a filmmaker while being a poorfag. now that's hard.

>> No.18614599

>>18613909
>Tedpill
>living on your rich family's farm
Lol no

>> No.18614681

>>18614456
Knausgård was virtually unknown till Min Kamp, shut up, you just suck at writing

>> No.18614790

>>18614681
>Knausgård was virtually unknown till Min Kamp,
Except for the fact that he won multiple awards starting with his debut, was nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize, was generally well-regarded by critics and also received a government scholarship every single year since like 2002, yeah.

>> No.18614922

>>18613909
This is why I started hocking all my shit, flipping antiques, selling used books on eBay, and all of it just being out into buying BTC and ETH. By my projection, at 33 (7 years from now) I will have enough money to live off dividends while raising a family and focusing solely on writing. I’m basically like the antique road show guys tho, it’s almost lowered my spiritual state, as I get a high off of seeing something cheap and flipping it and I just spend every weekend at estate sales and in thrift shops.

>> No.18615402

>>18614584
>kek being a writer is easy, bums like Bukowski are writers. materially speaking all you need is pen and paper or a typewriter/computer if you're a homosexual. try being a filmmaker while being a poorfag. now that's hard.
This anon is right. The biggest drawback about being a writer is achieving the wealth necessary to buy you enough free time.

>> No.18615475

>>18614584
this

>> No.18615844

>>18613909
knausgaard keeps getting hotter

>> No.18615855

>>18614922
At least you found something you're seemingly passionate about. Good for you.

>> No.18616190

>>18613909
>>van Gogh already had an extensive network of contacts for his art due to his family's art business and earned more money each month from his brother's donations than the average full-time working class man at the time
Well, painting is an expensive activity, I suppose.