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You have, at long last, perfected every literary art. Description, setting, plot development, character development, forming tension, and yes -- even spelling. Whatever you create will make a flawless novel - but tell me, /lit/, of what will you write?

>> No.1260187

~i would write about my dreams~

>> No.1260188

In b4 Atlas Shrugged

>> No.1260189

I would write an autobiography. If what you say is true, and it will be unfailingly flawless, surely my presence in history will never be erased

>> No.1260193

>>1260189
That's cheating, fiction only.
What I mean, dear /lit/ - what story would you write if you had the skills, inclination and time to see it done?

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1260194

My dog, Tiptoe.

>> No.1260215

Science fiction. Not sure what about. It'd be better than Dune, though.

>> No.1260223

I would write about sex, death, and hunger.

>> No.1260225

>>1260193

I'd write about time and all the things included in it. I'd start at the beginning, about 200 years ago, with some character from Mesopotamia probably and get him to do lots of fucked up shit with animals. From there I'd move forward to the time shift that occurred 100 years ago or so from th epoint of view of a marble that was lost in space by an early astronaut. This would continue for a while until the entity that is known as 'Starbucks' came into being.

>> No.1260232

Science Fiction Military I suppose. The typical “Brothers in Arms” tale accompanied with the morality of war itself, genetic augmentation and the earth’s transgression which seems to pass the protagonists by as they continually fight.

I’ve actually drafted a few concepts for it, although it hasn’t amounted to much beyond broad and often generic aspects of the narrative.

>> No.1260234

I would write a compendium saga sprawling across different time lines and physical realities but contained within a specific fictional multiverse. A kind of dadaist metanarrative..

and yeah.. it would be tits

>> No.1260237

>>1260215
>science fiction
>literary art
I smirked

>> No.1260240

Until you've actually mastered those things, you don't know what to write about. Topic is not disconnected.

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1260244

This

>> No.1260249

>>1260240
Lots of us have had the abstractions of a story in our heads at one point or another, and speculated over writing it, only to find insufficient motivation, time, or confidence.

If you were to pick one of these to actually write and publish, provide a brief outline of its themes and story.

>> No.1260263

A suicide note for I will never again feel the rush of creating something imperfect but still critically acclaimed.

>> No.1260266

>>1260237
"Science fiction" is just a product of a time period. If the effect one wants to create is more feasible using events and elements feasibly contained within future times and innovations, I see no reason why not to employ them.
A current project is a novel which happens to be set in future times including technology and scenarios entailing a little literary license, as this is the best way to bring about the right environment and atmosphere for the story I wish to tell.