/lit/ - Literature

damn...

>>20004467
write cookie cutter plots with no depth

>>20004467
He hasn't written anything notable, but I do wonder how one gets into a similar mindset to a bugman like Sanderson or King. At least they're actually writing something, unlike 90% of the people on this board

>>20004467
I think Sanderson is a (potentially) amazing writer, who cranks books out because he writes well below his actual level. He treats writing like a craft, not an art, he puts in his time, he takes criticism thoughtfully, and he doesn’t get pretentious about his work.

Also, consider joining LDS. There’s both a humility, and a manic passion behind authors like Sanderson, Orson Scott Card, Stephen R. Covey, Stephanie Meyer. The mormon work ethic is real, the idea that you’re not working for your own ego or enrichment, you’re providing for your family and tithing to better your community. There’s a whole structure in place to support and encourage you (including a network of authors, publishers, and readers…which must help lift new authors quickly). It’s a thing.

Not LDS, myself, but I live and work near many who are and I also admire their (slightly off putting) ability to greet each day with a smile and just do the work.

So there it is, anon, just join a cult.

>>20004520
Read this:
https://exmormon.blog/2021/05/23/the-mormon-curse-of-toxic-productivity/

>>20004467
>I know he has a strong, capable team supporting him.
There you go? Are we going full retard like when people are amazed that big name mangaka make 20 pages of comics a week as if they didn't have a dozen slaves paid in literal peanuts who sleep and shit at their desk?

>>20004585
What was the point in asking the OP question if you didn't want to hear the answer?

>>20004467
First the fucking Pattinson thread now Sanderson thread; we've attracted the attention of big marketing bucks boys. Sorry Gardner.

>>20004467
Stick to a dead genre and “write” by recycling the same tired tropes over and over. You’re gonna find its incredibly easy when you have to imagine essentially nothing.

>>20004467
It's more than work ethic (thought that's definitely a part of it). But I think the more important thing is that he's overcome the myth that one needs to write slowly in order to write well. The fart sniffing navel-gazers of /lit/ will disagree of course.

>>20004520
Don't mormons have to go door to door as teenagers? Having a thousand doors shut in your face is probably a good rite of passage.

>>20004838
Bro even before the huge team, he wrote fast. He’s just different

>>20004520
>He treats writing like a craft, not an art
I think this is the main issue I see on /lit/. Everyone wants to start out with a work of art worthy of a best seller list. Stop thinking like an artist, and start thinking like a craftsman.

How many portraits of rich dudes did renaissance painters have to crank out before they could choose their own subject matter? How many horseshoes did a blacksmith make before they were trusted with making anything decorative?

I think having a career in writing (journalist, copywriter) would be ideal to train in this mindset…but even blogging, journals, letter writing can help prepare you. Many prolific authors (like Sanderson) write YA or can switch between tones for different audiences, there’s no ego in it. There may be a ‘magnum opus’ someday (e.g. Stephen King’s Dark Tower), where he really pours his whole self into it, but right now I think he’s just enjoying doing his job well. James Michener was another prolific workhorse, and he also had very little ego.

So, I guess join a cult first…and then lower your standards.

>>20004838
>>20004838
Just write the outlines for every chapter and have 10 un-credited ghost writers churn them out. With a basic prose, who's going to notice?

Then get the coonsoomers gawking at your amazing productivity.

Ezy.

>>20005271
The manga industry long ago figured out its much easier to market one Big Name Genius Savant than several.

With a higher product churn from that "One Name" you now get much better returns on your marketing in the media cycle too.

Bonus: You can pay all the peons pennies vs having several big name authors and they're easy to replace.

>>20004467
>chonker
>graphic novels
>Youtuber
>video essays
>audience QAs
>podcast
>blog
>Reddit
>professor
>Kickstarter
>fantasy nerds
>damn...

>>20004467
>from a Latinx Redditor
Stopped reading

>>20005342
>saying latinx

Shut the hell up. It’s latino or latina. You’re a sjw