/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.19300257]

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

[Anonymous No.19300286]

no one rates my royal road stories

[Anonymous No.19300295]

As good as it gets.

[Anonymous No.19300307]

I'm afraid no one will read my shit because I have no marketing. I'm a nobody. But I also want to stay a nobody. I don't think personality should determine the popularity of your writing

[Anonymous No.19300316]

>>19300286
Post it and I'll read it. If it's shit though I'm gonna tell you it is.

[Anonymous No.19300323]

i think i have found my muse...

[Anonymous No.19300328]

I gave up. I'm going to go live in the forest alone.

[Anonymous No.19300371]

I'm gonna just try and finish a novel until the end of november and see what happens

[Anonymous No.19300386]

>>19300257
Sold 10 copies of The Shitkickers so far

[Anonymous No.19300404]

>>19300316
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/47758/the-plague-of-york

[Anonymous No.19300408]

>>19300386
That's out?

[Anonymous No.19300413]

>>19300257
good but i refuse to read anyone else's writing so i have no idea how i could ever expect anyone to read mine

[Anonymous No.19300419]

>>19300408
Yeah, can't link the website but you'll find it if you search

Crocodile man should have got his copy already but the mail has been super slow. Took 3 weeks to get a package from Seattle to Kelowna just recently.

[Anonymous No.19300450]

>>19300328
that is the best place to be a writer though....

[Anonymous No.19300486]

trying to finish manuscript this week or next

[Anonymous No.19300487]

>>19300257
I'm an amateur anon at /wg/

[Anonymous No.19300492]

>>19300257
ahahahahahahahahahahaha

[Anonymous No.19300502]

This seems more like a /biz/ question, so I'm not going to answer you.

[Anonymous No.19300525]

I've got perpetual first chapter itis, or more like 50 page itis. I know first drafts are universally terrible but I just hate the majority of the prose I put down. My worldbuilding is weak, my characters feel inconsistent, and I have trouble committing to much beyond that. I'm going to give this reinterpretation of an idea I've been workshoppinf for 6 odd years or so one last chance, and if that doesn't work I'm going to try and chase trends and write the kind of God awful wank that people love nowadays.

[Anonymous No.19300546]

I got three poems published last week, which is pretty cool. My first publication in a while.

I've got some other poems and also a short story out for submission. Meanwhile I'm about to start editing the second book in my big, multi-volume story. I've sent a submission to a small press concerning the first book. I guess I need to get back on the horse when it comes to querying, too.

[Anonymous No.19300592]

>>19300546
how do you get poems published? I have written over a hundred poems but no luck

[Anonymous No.19300621]

>>19300546
Post them

[Anonymous No.19300742]

I've prayed and prayed to understand my calling. Other than a little poetry, I haven't written anything in nearly a year. I've been doing this writing on and off shit for over a decade now.

I dropped out of welding and will be changing to English next semester. I'm done living with insane landlords, in converted attics, or a friend's spare bedroom. I'm done driving a box truck with junkies and destroying my body doing manual labor with no benefits, breaks, or sick days.

So many people have told me that I will do great things. That I'm some sort of a genius. That I just need to go to college and it will all come together. I ignored them or made excuses.

My work ethic is not so great when it comes to writing, but I love my English class. I slog through every week just to come to this one class. It's where I feel at home. My English professor loves me and wants to teach me how to make it through college. I feel so blessed because I have no clue what the fuck I'm doing after being out of school for ten years. Everything is coming together. I will make it through college no matter how long it takes and have some sort of an actual career with this motherfucking English degree.

/lit/, please believe me when I say that I am going to pull my retarded ignorant ass out of the mud. I don't know if I will ever "make it" as a writer, and I don't care. I'm awake now. I am going to write. I finally understand what it really means when a person says they are hungry for something. Send me your prayers. I am desperate and this is the only future that makes any sense to me now. NaNoWriMo starts soon. I will write and try my hardest to glorify God in everything that I do. God, please help me.

God bless you all.

[Anonymous No.19300758]

>>19300592
Honestly you just hunt around for magazines and websites calling for submission. This site is a big help:

https://www.submittable.com/

It's a submissions portal that a ton of magazines, journals, and websites use to curate their submissions. It's also got a "Discover" tag that lets you search open submission calls.

[Anonymous No.19300775]

If you guys ever need motivation just remember how well hack writers like Frank Herbert sell and remind yourself that quality is irrelevant to success

[Anonymous No.19300779]

>>19300546
Can you share any of them?

[Anonymous No.19300822]

>>19300779
I always feel weird when I get asked to share my work on /lit/. I do want to, but I don't feel like forsaking my anonymity just yet. I'll do it some day, but not now.

[Anonymous No.19300938]

>>19300307
Lookup athf, kw, & tucker max guerilla marketing

[Anonymous No.19300956]

>>19300257
Do people still serialize their works? I'd want to release my stuff like that so I can get feedback as I go along. Idk if it's a good idea or not

[Anonymous No.19300974]

>>19300257
Finished a murder mystery novel that I think is tight enough to debut with. Im targeting a self-pub release this December, if my beta readers can pull through for me. Ive got money set aside for marketing and the odds and ends of going pro. I've secured a hookup on how to do a mailing list too.

Im also going to start a royal road epic fantasy that will be weekly releases to advertise my novel releases. Ive got an artist lined up to make me a noce cover image too.

Any idea what day of the week would be best?

[Anonymous No.19300984]

>>19300956
Serials handcuff you to situations you may not have let ferment for long enough

[Anonymous No.19300991]

>>19300822
Fair enough.

[Anonymous No.19300992]

>>19300257

I think we have entered a state of affairs in which there are more writers than readers.

[Anonymous No.19300996]

>>19300257
I've been writing a book since 2015, we're at 100k+ words bro. The reason it's taken so long is I'm working full time engineer. I've posted excerpts here before that amazingly got positive feedback.

I've been working at it so long I really don't give a shit if people like it or not, since I like it, but my primary fears are:
1. I would get cancelled big league because it's not politically correct.
2. I don't particularly want to be known anyway, like >>19300307 marketing terrifies me.

Anyway I wish you guys all the best in your endeavours. Honestly, being stuck in the corporate rat race it makes me so happy there's people here who still care about writing, don't give in!

[Anonymous No.19301002]

>>19300996
Nice work man!!!

[Anοnymous No.19301253]

>>19300257
I got fired from my cushy IT job where I had plenty of time to write and now I work as an unlicensed accountant and have zero time to write.

[Anonymous No.19301531]

>>19300386
You made double-digits? I'm proud of you!
Still trying to attain that...sigh

[Anonymous No.19301615]

>>19300938
what do these stand for

[Anonymous No.19301871]

>>19301531
I just sold one on Facebook marketplace tonight!

[Anonymous No.19301899]

>>19300996
Just use a pen name

[Anonymous No.19301921]

>>19300742
Praying for you anon, wagmi

[Anonymous No.19301955]

>>19300742
Best of luck to you anon! I'm rooting for you!

[Anonymous No.19301984]

>>19300742
GO GO GO!

[Cardjcardtrip No.19302083]

Really great actually.

[Anonymous No.19303120]

>>19300257
Can't find beta readers to save my life
can only go back to endless editing