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Can a dimwit be a great writer?

>> No.23113196

No but a dimwit can be a successful writer.

>> No.23113197

>>23113193
Maybe.
But someone who never writes will never be a great writer.

>> No.23113200

I'd say being a dimwit is a prerequisite even, if you want to be a successful writer in your own life time.

>> No.23113284

>>23113193
Yeah.

>> No.23113290

think with your sex organ

>> No.23113312

You can't do anything if you don't believe in yourself.

Who says you are a "dimwit" or anything like that?

You, you convict yourself, it paralyzes you.

You stand in a hall of doors, taunting you.

And say, "I can't open any of them!"

You must choose a door.

You will find something.

They are all unlocked.

>> No.23113319

>>23113193
Flowers for Algernon was pretty good

>> No.23113476

Just try. See what happens

>> No.23113484

>>23113193
Shakespeare is literally considered one of the greatest

>> No.23113695

>>23113193
No. But many these days tend to look down on anyone who

a) Does not share their concerns.
b) Does not value their particular brand of smart-aleck verbal slickness.

Such a person could indeed be a great writer.

A well-known historical example: W. H. Auden said that Tennyson was, and I quote, ‘stupid’.

>> No.23113822

>>23113193
Only one way to find out.

>> No.23113835

The Muses know their own. It would be incidental though. Something like that The Room film. Making something go viral 'pretending' to be retarded is very difficult (Flowers for Algernon & The Sound & The Fury don't count). Behead All Satans notoriety approaches it. Gardener's Crocodile bullshit in light of his public presence. Waldun The JEJune.

>> No.23113840

>>23113695
>A well-known historical example: W. H. Auden said that Tennyson was, and I quote, ‘stupid’.

One more reason he's on the time traveler list, how drole.

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>>23113193
yes

>> No.23114195

>>23113193
Retards tend to be more interesting writers than midwits with no life experiences