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20254426 No.20254426 [Reply] [Original]

>"Just turn off your brain and enjoy it."
>"it ain't that serious."
>"Why does it have to take itself seriously all the time."
>"Just have fun."
As a writer myself, nothing pisses me off more than these four phrases and they've lead to the death of good writing in general.

>> No.20254431

you posted this thread the other day. what you didn't get your answers there?

>> No.20254550

>>20254426
>As a writer myself
You aren't a writer unless you have had a prolific career and possibly won the favour of the intelligentsia or certain social circles. Pah.

>> No.20254563

>>20254426
Stop posting this thread. I’ve literally never heard these phrases in my life so I have no idea how you’re so twisted up about them. Literally what is the context? When is someone saying these lines to you?

>> No.20254565

>>20254431
>what you didn't get your answers there?
He got ridiculed and mocked instead of being praised.

>> No.20254861

>>20254565
They are retarded. Johnson is the definition of the GOAT in literature, he is somebody everybody who is interested in literature should look up for.

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>>20254426
Anonymous 04/21/22(Thu)16:44:22 No.20254747▶>>20254752 >>20254790 >>20254810
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All three of my romance novels flopped Anonymous 04/21/22(Thu)08:22:09 No.20252862▶>>20252871 >>20252912 >>20252961 >>20253180 >>20253185 >>20253203 >>20253219 >>20254711 >>20254724 >>20254731 >>20254740 >>20254742
>friend is a romance author
>made $100,000 last year
>decide to become a romance author myself
>challenging and time consuming
>work 3 months straight
>my books totally flop.

I am currently trying to do a fourth but it is seeming very futile at this stage. How do I write romance in a way that middle aged normie women, and gays appreciate?
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Anonymous 04/21/22(Thu)08:23:51 No.20252871▶
>>20252862 (OP) (OP)
>How do I write romance in a way that middle aged normie women, and gays appreciate?
You have to pick one, it's impossible to appeal to both in significant numbers
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Anonymous 04/21/22(Thu)08:24:46 No.20252877▶
Write a book about a handsome gay man who gets seduced by an aged hagraven.
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Anonymous 04/21/22(Thu)08:31:06 No.20252899▶
What's your friend's name? I'm genuinely curious to read their work now kek.
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Anonymous 04/21/22(Thu)08:32:54 No.20252912▶
>>20252862 (OP) (OP)
Women love rape and someone to take care of them. Also pirates

Gay men are like men and they like physical things
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Anonymous 04/21/22(Thu)08:40:11 No.20252944▶
Just get the bestsellers, distill their formula and archetypes and just fill the rest for your books. Don't tell me you're actually trying to make up shit.
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Anonymous 04/21/22(Thu)08:43:42 No.20252961▶
>>20252862 (OP) (OP)
It's all about marketing and not how you write.
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Anonymous 04/21/22(Thu)09:45:18 No.20253180▶>>20253220 >>20254726
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>>20252862 (OP) (OP)
>How do I write romance in a way that middle aged normie women, and gays appreciate?
Write abusive smut. That's what holes like. Arrogant bullies who are also tall, muscular, rich, and for some reason obsessed with them even though they're mediocre females.
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Anonymous 04/21/22(Thu)09:46:40 No.20253185▶
>>20252862 (OP) (OP)
are you using a female pseudonym? if not, use it.
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Anonymous 04/21/22(Thu)09:51:26 No.20253203▶
>>20252862 (OP) (OP)
Maybe you're a shit writer.
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Anonymous 04/21/22(Thu)09:54:36 No.20253219▶
>>20252862 (OP) (OP)
Why did you post a picture of a convicted child molester. What kind of romances are you writing?
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Anonymous 04/21/22(Thu)09:55:15 No.20253220▶
>>20253180
This.

>> No.20255237

>>20254426
Shut the fuck up already, faggot.

>> No.20255914

>>20255237
Cope

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20255982

pynchie btfo lol

>> No.20255996

>>20254550
>you aren't a football player if you haven't won the championship

>> No.20257091

Bump

>> No.20257218

>>20254426
Nice copypasta, faggot. Mods need to nuke this thread.