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>Never write because I never feel pressured to
>Oh hey a short story contest at my college
>It's due in a week
>Hammer out a 16 page story and proofread the living fuck out of it ad nauseam
>Realize that if I could feel pressured constantly I could write entire novels
Fuck, how do you turn the pressure up, /lit/?

>> No.2471891

>>2471888
Nah, just poetry and short story. Unless you live in Jersey? I think it might be a country-wide college-specific thing.

>> No.2471888

They have the same contest at my school right now, there is also poetry and an essay, do we go to the same place?

>> No.2471908

What did you write about?

>> No.2471925

you simply lack drive and aspiration, and inspiration. nothing can really be done about it. you pretty much just have to wait until you enter a mindset that values creative expression over all the other bullshit you fill in your day with just to slog though one more miserable, unproductive day of your life. in other words, when you grow up.

>> No.2471928
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2471928

Just remember that you'll be dead soon with nothing of value to show for your life.

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>>2471925

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>>2471928
thank you, resident pessimist. very helpful.

>> No.2471946

Adderall and turn off the internet.

Also, just write every day until you want to.

>> No.2471951

>>2471946
tao?
how do you get your adderal?

>> No.2471952

>>2471946

How do into Adderall in the UK?

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2471963

Awaken the giant within - A Robbins. Seriously

>> No.2471967

>>2471952
>>2471951
Adderall or UK equivalent
Jeeesus

>> No.2471997

>>2471967
That feel when you are so socially fucked you don't know drug people, not even students who through back ritalin so you have to order legal equivalents from the internet.

>> No.2472004

>>2471885
you should make a thread for each story you write and try to complete the story before it autosages

>> No.2472043

>>2471997
or you could just try to live without ritalin?

>> No.2472061

>>2471997
Coffee, then.

>> No.2472402

here am i

>> No.2472420

>>2471928
Implying that experiences and risk taking makes death any more bearable.

>> No.2472430

1. Be a smoker.

(if you're not a smoker, ignore this post. the average person doesn't produce literature worth ruining health and finances for)

2. Start with this rule: one chapter outline/three paragraphs = one cigarrette.

(there's nothing like writing when you feel you're drowning - the words just flow on their own)

3. Expand the requirements until you have to really kick your ass into writing.

4. Smoke freely while you proofread, but never break the rules while writing. Never.

>> No.2472674

>>2472430
nice

>> No.2472745

I hate that I don't like writing, shit out essays for my english and history college at the last second, and still get decent grades. Not trying to be like "Ha ha I can write with 0 effort" - It just bothers me that it's something I'm not interested in that I'm decent at, while there are other things I like that I'd rather be better at.

>> No.2472784

>>2472745
I know this feel bro. And I don't think I'm some sort of literary genius or anything, I guess it's just that most people are shitty writers and professors are impressed by a paper that's not complete shit.

>> No.2473982

speed

>> No.2473989

>>2472430
Damn, I really want a cigarette right now, I'm gonna try this, thanks anon.

>> No.2473995

>>2472745
i hate when people complain about shit non-problems like this. why don't you actually put some effort into the things you want to be better at? eventually certain aspects of those things will become effortless.

>> No.2474115

>>2472745
>>2472784
Oh God these feels, I know them so. I get a lot of praise for my essays, and I do put a lot of work into them, but I'm not sure whether the praise is worthless or reason to continue towards the degree. I'm interested in all kinds of things but chose English because, of the things I'm good at, I'm maybe best at writing.

>> No.2474119

>want to write
>never do
>guy tells me I never write and am lazy
>FUCK YOU
>go home and write like crazy, pound out 10k words in two days between school and homework
>YEAH I CAN TOTALLY WRITE
>week later, shred all that I wrote in the trash

>> No.2475452

>>2474119
This is BULLSHITT I 'm sure you can't write. Like dead sure, YOU'RE TOO LAZY FOR IT.

>> No.2476596

>>2472745
dat feel

>getting a degree in elementary education
>program filled with soccer moms and dumb-asses trying to relive their school days
>write ok essays, not great, but not bad either
>"oh wow anon you are so good at writing"
>NO YOU FUCKING BITCH, I JUST READ BOOKS AND WANT TO ACTUALLY BECOME A TEACHER NOT A FUCKING BABYSITTER