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>study writing and literature
>become a serious author
>publish a book that gets 1 sale from friend who doesnt even read it.
>look at best sellers
>"sexy dragon man" with super model on cover.
>million copy best seller

>> No.19748595

Just buy 4chan ads like Call of the Crocodile.

>> No.19748604

>>19748583
What's your book?

>> No.19748614
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>>19748583
>become a serious author

isn't this world serious enough already?

>> No.19749037

Those are some really good books, what are you talking about?

>> No.19749047

>write book almost noone wants to read
very few sales
>write book a lot of people can enjoy because dragons are cool and so is sex
many dolar

this makes me so upset to think about

>> No.19749121

>>19749047
...so youre trying to say dragons arent that cool?

>> No.19749130

you got to pull a beatles, sell out, write pop music garbage, then slowly get more and more experimental

>> No.19749264
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>>19748583
>write proper literary fiction
>add controversy bait
>get free publicity from sensationalist media and seething triggered retards and wannabe rebellions faggots
>sell 50 million copies
pssh... nothing personnell kid

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>>19749121
no I'm being facetious dragons and sex are great, even if I'm iffy on combining them

>> No.19749329

>>19748583
why don't you go through the academic track and get an MFA? Sure, small circle of readers and you probably won't get read by anything out of that circle(unless you advertise/receive praise) but teaching in a uni isn't bad at all

>> No.19749403

>>19748583
>spend hours, days, weeks, months writing a pseud book
>triumphantly publish the book without stopping to think about connecting with an audience whatsoever
>giddily tell friend the book is finally published
>friend buys it out of pity
>check every day, but no other sales come through
>complain about your failure on 4chan
Well, what were you expecting to happen?

>> No.19749418

Sexy Chads banging sexy dragons is fun, whiny sad neet manifestos are not fun

>> No.19749429

>>19748583
Your mistake was becoming a serious author. No one fucking reads outside of school dude, just write YA novels and cash in once your audience reaches adulthood and wants remade as a TV show/video game/movie.

>> No.19749454

>>19748583
>he doesn't write high-brow literature with purple prose and extremely long sentences and publish it as erotica
ngmi

>> No.19749517

>>19749037
Exactly. Entertainers are life's heroes, philosophers the sadistic villains who must be stopped.

>> No.19749522

>>19749517
meant to quote >>19748614

>> No.19750045

>>19748583
The key is to write literature that will also entertain normalfags at the same time. Your writing is shit also

>> No.19750076

>>19748583
Its either this or incorporating the latest buzzwords into your work. If your title doesnt mention "racism", "intersectionality", "black bodies" or some variation of twitter lingo you won't get very far

>> No.19750096
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19750096

>>19748583
When Kafka had his first book published, he only sold eleven copies, ten of which he purchased himself. Recognition takes time, keep your integrity and it will be worth a lot more

>> No.19750181

>>19748583
Mike Ma outsells all those and his book is really high brow.

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>> No.19750241

>>19750096
He died before getting any recognition, many such cases.

You don’t write for money. Give free crappy copies if need be.

>> No.19751676

>>19748583
tfw

>> No.19752148

>>19748583
>>study writing and literature
That was your first mistake. Let me guess: you studied under professors of literature who are themselves not popular nor write bestsellers, instead of studying Harry Potter and Twilight directly.

>> No.19752186

>>19750096
Chad

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>>19748583

Liberal democracies all revolve around the weak dominating the strong only because they're more numerous. Get used to it champ

>> No.19752275

>>19748583
>>study writing and literature
>>become a serious author
>>publish a book that gets 1 sale from friend who doesnt even read it.
>>look at best sellers
>>"sexy dragon man" with super model on cover.
>>million copy best seller
I'll read it anon if you read mine when it's done. Discord, email, link?

>> No.19752999

>>19748583
The thing to do now is write a deconstruction of the sexy dragon man genre that becomes a literary masterpiece.

>> No.19753202

>>19750096
why kafka so based bros?

>> No.19753209

>larps on Swahili oyster diving forum to justify never even trying

>> No.19753214

>>19753209
You're on 4chan. No one who uses this site is successful.

>> No.19753230

>>19753214
The person being honest with themselves and accepting the risk of failure at least has the chance of being successful.