/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.12208359]

How's that novel coming along?

[Anonymous No.12208396]

>>12208359
it's not going anywhere

[Anonymous No.12208397]

Every night when I go to bed I pray that death takes me in my sleep.

[Anonymous No.12208607]

Too busy being addicted to 4chan.

[Anonymous No.12208609]

Terribly, but my thesis is coming out fine.

[Anonymous No.12208612]

it's busy ruminating in my brain to avoid electronic infetterence

[Anonymous No.12208877]

>>12208612
>>12208609
>>12208607
>>12208397
>>12208396
get to work

[Anonymous No.12209235]

33k words

[Anonymous No.12209265]

niks because im in love with the idea of being a writer and being valued but Im not willing to put in the least bit amount of work into it

[Anonymous No.12209358]

>>12209265
Ew.

[Anonymous No.12209638]

>>12208359
I stopped writing it.
I accepted the fact that I will never publish anything.

[Anonymous No.12209672]

1200 pages

I turned it into two books though. Heavy editing before sending it into an editor, about 50% done with the first

[Anonymous No.12209704]

>>12208359
It's not. I've come to the conclusion that I am simply too lazy and stupid to ever create anything and my function in life is to merely consume the results of better people's labor until my body dies.

[Anonymous No.12209741]

How do I come up with ideas

[Anonymous No.12209847]

>>12209741
your brain. How many words is ideal?

[Anonymous No.12210093]

>>12208359
I’m waiting until I get more life experience before I write one.

[Anonymous No.12210264]

The Agency is coming
But I am too
To their offices, in their wives
Nowhere to run here
Only melt in or defend
...

It's a cyberpunk novel set in an anglo island megacity, main character is american from las vegas and bangs hookers and businessmen wives, it gets him in trouble a lot as the island was founded by the CIA and MI6

[Anonymous No.12210320]

>>12208359
I'm trying to figure out how to properly switch perspectives. I want my other main character to read completely different. The book is all first person so I'm thinking that I'll need to change my writing style completely for my other character as I have tend to write with constant flow.

[Anonymous No.12210351]

16k+ words at the moment. Hope to finish it in 2019.

[Anonymous No.12211486]

bimp

[Anonymous No.12211695]

>>12208359
having a case of the mondays, but i'm 4/9ths of the way through the second draft. expecting to be done before i start my summer job. we're all gonna make it, friens

>>12209741
think of a person. think of a situation they'd hate. imagine what they'd do if they were in it. badda bing, you got a character, a plot, and an inciting incident

>>12209847
60,000 to 80,000 for a first novel, unless you're writing genre (fantasy, scifi, romance) stuff with lots of characters, in which case you can go anywhere from 100,000 to 150,000. my advice would be to start small

[Anonymous No.12211736]

>>12208359

i am thinking of making big changes due to my thought process changing during this exercise... maybe i should abandon trying for real. it's sort of scary/sad... i am wondering if it would be a gesture of maturity to accept my limits, to put a positive spin to it, and abandon this. i am also making big moves regarding aesthetic appreciation regarding art/music/fashion...every ways i apply my attention regarding culture and i am really not sure it's a good move. maybe my novel if it was not at a stage of word salad, is like a suicide note. not really thinking of killing myself but if i abandon all hope of creating something new or finding love all is left is to apply myself fully to my humdrum job... it would be so strange to go inject some real felings and some of myself into it i would end up looking like those people doing what looks to me like a a dramatic pantomime in their workplace over trivialities.

[Anonymous No.12211738]

Should I start with short stories and slowly work my way up to novels or just dive right into trying to write a full length book?

I understand that my first book will be unpublishable trash either way, but what's the best approach if novel writing is my main goal?

[Anonymous No.12211744]

>>12211736
i don't think i am snob... or maybe i am just snobbing myself... maybe i should just make a solid effort in having a nice job that makes me happy.

[Anonymous No.12211803]

I am making progress, but I ave two big probems, first I cannot make realistic dialogues between the characters, is there some reference material (inb4 real life) or points I should take into account? and second, I feel like everything I write is too unreal and cringe because I lack in life experience

[Anonymous No.12211831]

10k words and it's fairly early on. I wanted it to be the struggle of a late 20s male living in the mid to late 2010s but also with a no-punches pulled look at culture yet also infused with nostalgia. I had to throw out the climax and conclusion, with it a character instrumental to that, and most of the book alternates from long dialogue exchanges and a rambling paragraph from the character's POV. Pictured is a small screenshot of one of these rambles.

[Anonymous No.12212318]

>>12209235
I remember you.
Post an excerpt

[Anonymous No.12212332]

>>12208359
Never began it. I know know I'll never be able to write something good after ruining myself by reading so many books.

[Anonymous No.12212416]

My primary project is coming along so, so slowly. But fluttering around in my head are ideas for another project altogether. When I can't get any work done on either, I chip away at my short story collection, which is coming along nicely.

Thanks for asking, OP. Reminding us that this forum is for reading and writing, not bitching about genre fiction.

[Anonymous No.12212572]

Am I welcomed if I’m interested in writing thrillers or crime fiction? I’m not really all that interested or capable of writing intellectual treats.

[Anonymous No.12212637]

I'm writing a short story about a daughter not being able to know her mother and the confusion of her father that she doesn't immediately love her as much as he did.
I'm trying to flex my pseud skills by making it an analogy about theological beliefs and the effect that forcing it upon children won't work.
Around 3 pages in so far but I like to take my time with personal projects.

[Anonymous No.12212708]

>>12208359
Same way my life has been going; fucking nowhere.

[Anonymous No.12212812]

How do I get into the right frame of mind to write?
I'm so easily distracted and my mind constantly feels like a bundled mess of empty thoughts.
The very few times I actually write are done through moments of perfect timing and feeling but soon fade.
It's like releasing you are in deja vu and for that moment a pure excellence you see everything so clear, but just like deja vu, once released, you are left to chase it's momentary beauty of perfection in vain.

Any suggestions?

[Anonymous No.12212822]

>>12212812
You have to stop caring about it so much. Don't plan to do it, or even "set up". Think of how easy and worthless posting on here feels.

[Anonymous No.12212834]

>>12212822
I've thought about doing that before.
I just wanted to test out the format and stuff, so I started writing crap and it actually became something nice.
Thank you this is very good.
But what about if I need to get into a moment again, say if I am following a theme, any pro tips to get me on the same track again?

[Anonymous No.12212940]

>>12212812
>>12212822