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>Read a “Best-Seller”
>”Golly, this sure is awful! Heck, I could write a better book than this!”
>Sit down at my computer and write for an hour
>Read over what I have so far
>It’s shit

Every fucking time...

>> No.10586807

Awwwh don't worry Butters, The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs was wonderful.

>> No.10586825

>he thinks the first draft is supposed to be good

>> No.10586836

>>10586825
A first draft should have something worth working on.

You can make an okay draft a great revision. You can’t make a shit draft anything but well edited shit.

>> No.10586841

>>10586836
You can still work off a shit first draft. You'll be scrapping it entirely, but it'll serve as a reference as to what not to do.

>> No.10586982

>>10586841
So are you telling me the only way to improve my writing is to WRITE MORE?

>> No.10587003

>>10586798
Keep practicing. You got to work on it for months and months and months , and years and years and years... And if it still sucks then blow your brains out.

>> No.10587021

>>10587003
This.
I can basically finish writing books in one day now.

>> No.10587034

>>10586798
You need to outline and start with themes and a climax in mind.

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>>10586798
Do it as a hobby, my dude. I've written novel-length stuff that's just absolute garbage. I'm talking like 700 pages of one work and absolutely none of it was worthwhile.

Now, I write mostly erotic fiction and novellas. They're pretty okay at best, but I've improved with every passing year and eventually I'll have a work I actually enjoy reading and characters I feel sad for when misfortune befalls them and excited for them when they succeed.

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>>10586982
Yes, that is exactly what Anon is telling you.

>> No.10587051

>>10587037
Potatoes legitimately are interesting though. They're part of the Columbian exchange that became a staple food in non native lands and purple sweet potatoes are the healthiest cheap staple food.

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>>10587051
Should have said pic unrelated. I don't have a lot of /lit/ related stuff.

In any case, what garbage does /lit/ write in their free time? I do mostly fantastic noir and erotica, sometimes merged if I really want to have two characters bang.

>> No.10587117

>>10587085
I write sci-fi that if you were generous you’d call Pulp.

No substance, just heroes saving babes and fighting evil with giant robots and such

>> No.10587122

>>10587051
"purple sweet potatoes"
potatoes in general are the most healthy food there is
Grilled potatoes, with some ketchup, is all you need to survive.
>yfw MacDonalds is actually really healthy

>> No.10587135

>>10587122
Purple sweet potatoes have an insane amount of vitimin a/beta carotene. If you cool them they have a ton of resistant starch which you can't digest but is good for the gut microbiome. They are better than rice as a staple food because they are actually nutrient dense. The only good thing in brown rice is potassium.

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>>10587122
imagine biting into these
with some Heinz Ketchup

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>>10587117
You write the sort of prose that Barron Trump could illustrate.

And there's no shame in that.

>> No.10587300

>>10587250
At least the snake looks okay

>> No.10588558

>>10587300
The whole thing looks okay, what are you on about?

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>>10586807
Butters only actually wrote the second one faggot

>> No.10588629

>>10586836
>t. has never written a book

>> No.10588662

>>10588629

>t. has never written anything

>> No.10589601

>>10587117
That sounds pretty rad, actually.

>> No.10590882

>>10587085
>Treating your characters as dolls rather than morals

Christ, no wonder you write such filth

>> No.10590932

yfw you realize the truly difficult part is story

>> No.10590938

>>10586798
the author merely serves to provide the editor with raw materials

>> No.10591963

>>10590938
What if I am my own editor?

>> No.10591972

Is 'good writing' subjective? What appeals to me may not appeal to you, and vice versa. How do you make the case when defending 'objectively good' writing?

>> No.10592043

>>10591972
People should write what they want to read.

>> No.10592579

>>10587045
out of the loop but is there a name for those type of images and where can I find more?