/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.10534011]

How's the writing career coming, /lit/?

[Anonymous No.10534027]

>>10534011
Just started the writing of my first book, so its not quite kicked off yet
All im hoping for at the moment is that at least one person gets some enjoyment out of reading this once its finished

[Anonymous No.10534028]

Not if the garlic bread is burnt you retarded newfag nigger

[Anonymous No.10534031]

>>10534028
wrong thread guys sorry

[Anonymous No.10534036]

>>10534028
Things are really getting heated over on /ck/ I see

[Anonymous No.10534061]

>>10534011

I am getting writing work, surprisingly. It will be hard to write the amount I am expected to while homeless however.

[Anonymous No.10534065]

>>10534011
trying to write daily in my spare time but working full time and daily life commitments takes over and exhausts me mentally, and my discipline fails sometimes for days on end

it honestly just hurts to not do creative work for a living though... so much of the value or contribution you give to a workplace is just absorbed and/or wasted

[Anonymous No.10534104]

>>10534028
G...Gordon Ramsay?

[Anonymous No.10534289]

On the plus side, I recently got a poem published. It will be in print and they're going to pay me. I'm pretty excited, as this is the first time I will have been paid for something I've written creatively.

On the downside, I just lost out on a ghostwriting client who would have paid me five figures to write her book. This has been very disheartening.

[Anonymous No.10534301]

>>10534011
Still trying to wrap my head around marketing in self publishing, if you actually want to make money you will have to do everything yourself

[Anonymous No.10534304]

How is anyone supposed to stand out as a writer these days?
Sometimes it seems like the only way is to write "Ready Player One" level garbage.

[Anonymous No.10534308]

>>10534011
I gave up.

[Anonymous No.10534328]

>>10534304
You can make millions writing garbage you just have to make yourself and your garbage visible to the world

[Anonymous No.10534332]

>career

[Anonymous No.10534446]

>2018
>wanting to be a writer

why would you do this to yourself

[Anonymous No.10534457]

>>10534011
>really want to write a book
>don't want anyone to ever read it

Is this autism? I think I would greatly enjoy the world-building and writing process but I don't want anyone to ever read any of it.

[Anonymous No.10534480]

>>10534457
>Just throw your work out into the world without a damn.
>You've made the story, fantastic.
>If people like it or don't, that's their problem, not yours.
>If they do, great, maybe you'll get some money and acclaim.
>If they don't, too bad. Hopefully you can get some constructive criticism out of it.

There's nothing to lose, but everything to gain.

[Anonymous No.10534496]

>>10534480
>I guess anon, I think it's just that I regard writing as being very personal, maybe I could do it if I didn't attach my real name to it.

[Anonymous No.10534504]

>>10534446
I have nothing to look forward to

[Anonymous No.10534514]

>>10534011
Doing the Amazon/CreateSpace self-publishing thing.

I'm writing a niche erotica novella to test the market for that. I was not successful with more serious work, but this was possibly because my marketing strategy was "forget about it" and not "proactively manage advertising towards target audience." You get what you put into it on Amazon I guess.

[Anonymous No.10534516]

>>10534496
I suppose that's one way of going about it.

I thought about doing that (I haven't published or even sent anything in yet, I haven't devoted myself to writing until recently), but I figured, "I don't know these people, these people don't know me, I'll likely never see them or hear from them, they will have no effect on my world or my life. Unless they like it, maybe." To each, their own.

pic related used many names and guises.

[Anonymous No.10534519]

>>10534446
i have always wanted to be a writer

if i write something good enough it might last a long time and touch peoples' lives

[Anonymous No.10534526]

>>10534514
Anymore advice for marketing? I've mostly been working on short stories and poems to submit so I can start out.
My serious stuff is nowhere near done, but it'd be nice to have some shred of friendly wisdom before I publish those and any compilations of my shorter work.

[Anonymous No.10534528]

gave up on the career aspect and got a real job, now I just write for fun. Somehow I find it way easier to write now, like there's less pressure.

[Anonymous No.10534542]

>>10534519
>>10534446
>>10534504

I've also always wanted to write since I was a kid.
What do I have to lose?

[Anonymous No.10534546]

>tfw nine out of ten writes fail at the premise

[Anonymous No.10534568]

>>10534011
Recently got promoted and moved to a better office with more privacy and less work to do, so things are looking up. So far, I've designed the website where I'll publish my work and am finally making progress with the series I want to write.

I'm having the usual problems right now: constantly re-writing the opening, trying to link together the scenes I want to write with the scenes that have to happen, trying to get characters to act how I want them to without it feeling forced or contrived.

[Anonymous No.10534569]

>>10534457
use a pen name

[Anonymous No.10535072]

>>10534457
I feel the same way, if it's autism, we both have it.
Though, I always wrote simply to entertain myself. At times I've had the aspiration to go somewhere with it, but those thoughts quickly fizzle out.

[Anonymous No.10535173]

Words, dude!

But fer real, pretty well. I've never tried to write in length before and I have three chapters written. I keep going back and reading what I've written then get disheartened. Multiple people have given me advice not to read or edit what you write until its all written.
My autism/ocd keeps me from doing that though. What I want to say keeps changing and I keep changing my work.

Also I've discovered my obvious flaws as a writer. So that's something I need to work on.

[Anonymous No.10535174]

Well I have been submitted stories since 2014 and nothing accepted yet. I am getting better and more serious every day. It will happen.

[Anonymous No.10535212]

>>10535174
>It will happen.
No, it won't. Get a real job instead of wasting your time.