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Does /lit/ buy the story that he wrote no fiction until when he suddenly decided he'd write a novel at the age of 29?

>> No.3839778

I guess. He's not that great a writer and wouldn't be the only novelist to dive in at a relatively late age. I don't think Walter Scott wrote any prose until he was twenty six.

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>>3839751
I bet it was after he played one of those funny Japanese games.

>> No.3840206

>>3839751
And why the fuck wouldn't I buy that? You don't need Ph.D. in literature and shit poems and short stories since you're teenager to become a successful writer.

>> No.3841573

Yeah. He was at a baseball game and it just suddenly struck him, "Hey, I could write a novel..."

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>>3839751
Is that Haruki Murakami? I loved his book Norwegian wood, anyone can recommend a similar book? One about Japanese college life with love incorporated in it, i don't mind if it's just as melancholic as NW.

NW made me tear up, the movie was a disappointment but managed to achieve beautiful shots since the book was very descriptive... Reiko was a main character and connected the two (toru and naoko) but in the movie they make her look like a dull, horny bitch...

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>>3839751
>>3839751

Why would not I believe it? Why are you care?

He rites enjoyable storeys.

>> No.3842156

>>3840206
This.
f. Scott Fitzgerald wrote This Side of Paradise at like 23.
If you have a unique outlook, or ar just a good storyteller people will eat up your garbage regardless your age.

>> No.3842292

>>3842156
Another example is William Faulkner. His early life is a complete failure, he had to repeat several grades, dropped out of college, his shorts were constantly rejected by publishers. He didn't write a novel until he was 28.

But still his ouvre is a thing of beauty. Personally I think he's the greatest American writer (for his works, I only just wiki'd his bio right now).

>> No.3842297

>>3839804
What's this game?

>> No.3842299

>>3842292
It's always heartening to know that famous authors were shit writers when they were younger. Gives you hope.
Like when you get novels famous writers wrote in their teens or twenties and failed to get published finally printed like 50 years after they died, and when you read them you know exactly WHY they were never published before then.

>> No.3842313

>>3842299
Pretty much. I look at what I wrote a year ago and it's an embarrassment. I look at what I write now, and it looks better than what it was, but a year from now I know it'll be just as terrible. I question if I'll ever get to the point where I can make a handful of people feel something strong, let alone produce a piece that would be lauded to any degree. There's a tiny fraction of a hope, but it's miniscule and thankfully my life doesn't rest on it catching light at all.

The saddest example I can think of is Herman Melville. He had some moderate success for some time, but never much. His sons passed away before him, and when he died himself he was destitute and alone, his body of work almost completely forgotten.

>> No.3842345

>>3839751
>Does /lit/ buy the story that he wrote no fiction until when he suddenly decided he'd write a novel at the age of 29?
He probably read a TON in that time.
It either comes down to practice of experience with the works of others.
Almost two decades of books crammed into your mind will end up leaving quite the impression.

>> No.3842367

Sounds like everyone in this thread is age 16 or younger. If you love the arts, then focusing on one thing and creating a masterpiece through one particular medium before age 30 is pretty damn impressive. Yeah there are a lot of people writing books and painting and creating fucking symphonies and shit when they're 5 years old, but why do any of you feel like that should have any bearing upon anyone else who wants to pursue an art?

Society has never really been conducive for creating art and it's only getting worse. A lot more people are going to college now and unless you went to community college, then that shit is incredibly demanding and both physically and mentally exhausting. Then unless you're a trust fund baby, you have to worry about earning money so you can eat food, and good luck having the energy to do anything after a grueling work day.

I hope that if there are any older people here on the verge of getting into writing that you don't let these stupid notions deter you from getting started. You don't have to have a book already published by the time you leave your mother's womb in order to do some amazing things in the future.

>> No.3842376

>>3842156
23 is really young to write such a successful novel though, what are you on about?

>> No.3842432

Bret Easton Ellis began writing Less Than Zero at 16. It was released when he was just 21

>> No.3842463

>>3842432

That just goes to show that age is irrelevant. He's only gotten worse since.

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>>3842367
>I hope that if there are any older people here on the verge of getting into writing that you don't let these stupid notions deter you from getting started. You don't have to have a book already published by the time you leave your mother's womb in order to do some amazing things in the future.

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>>3842367
Sounds like you're an old fart who will never amount to anything but wants to comfort himself in the thought he could if he really wanted. Well, let me spell it out for you: you won't.

>> No.3842754

>>3839751
no, monsieur, i do not buy personal anecdotes unless i can keep them.

>> No.3842761

>>3842745
No one amounts to anything but a corpse.

>> No.3842796

>>3842297
that's zelda you idiot

>> No.3842802

>>3842754
you're a faggot

>> No.3843530

>>3842745
Meanwhile, you sit around making posts on an anonymous imageboard in hopes that you can deter someone else from succeeding where you failed. Keep fueling that crab mentality of yours - I'm sure it will get you places.

>> No.3843533

>>3842802
yes, monsieur.

>> No.3843541

>>3843533
monsieur, i must insist that you stop misrepresenting me. it is true that i enjoy bumbuggery, mais you seem to enjoy humbuggery, the cardinal sin of vie

>> No.3843546

>>3843541
what a clever rhyme, monsieur.