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>tfw writing talent is the worse you can have
>tfw you can't fucking make money out of it
>tfw being a sensitive, depressive, emotionally unstable fuck
>tfw most of my friends know finance, maths and economics
>tfw they have been recognised early on by teachers in school because its not shitty worthless literature talent
>tfw they all have more than decent jobs, flats, girlfriends now
>tfw here you are as a miserable piece of shit, with a shitty degree apart from your literary talent
>tfw you can shove your fine stories which already have seen publications here and there up in your ass
hold me /lit/ please

>> No.6331727

>saves feel images
>''worse''
>low-case writing
>posts on 4chan
Your IQ isn't even very high and I doubt you're a good writer, stop deluding yourself.

>> No.6331728

if you weren't such a pussy you'd be an english teacher.

>> No.6331759

I am in this same situation, and I have felt as you feel. And I have sat and I have thought on this extensively, and I have come to the conclusion that this is the life I chose and the life I was always meant to lead.

The chances of being rich, wildly sucessful, or famous in today's literary world are slim to none. I have thought on this and I have accepted this.

And I am okay with this. For I, and you OP, we are artists. This is our art. This is parts of our self which we are pouring onto paper and putting out for all who wish to see, to see. The fact that we have seen publication or any amount of money for our art makes us beyond fortunate.

I am prepared to live the rest of my life in abject misery and poverty, for this is my art. And my art is all I have.

>> No.6331769

This is what you get for not learning a proper skill. It's not too late to start, you could always go work in McDonalds.

>> No.6331782

>>6331716
work hard. Until I have spent several years working 10 hours a day at this, I won't accept the idea of failure as inevitable. You probably just haven't been trying enough.

btw have you read Atlas Shrugged?

>> No.6331785

>>6331759
>I am prepared to live the rest of my life in abject misery and poverty, for this is my art. And my art is all I have.

dat autistic dedication

>> No.6331800

>>6331728
I wanted to be, despite its not being my native, but being a teacher in my country is equal to starvation
>>6331759
Thanks, but I am 26 now, and If I have to continue my life like this I would just hang myself instead. I want some way out of this misery.
>>6331782
no, I haven't.

>> No.6331828

>>6331800
>>6331800
>Thanks, but I am 26 now, and If I have to continue my life like this I would just hang myself instead.
I'm also 26 and having this feel. Think this is the point where most people give up and go on to something else. Which totally isn't out of the question, but also not necessary.

>> No.6331832

>>6331716
uh, your job doesn't determine whether you can get a girlfriend or not, so i'm not sure what you're trying to say here

also, if being 'successful' is that important to you, then i'd recommend doing something other than writing. you're starting with the wrong motivations.

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6331836

>>6331716

>Wirtes post full of complaints
>Abound with perceived/assumed humility
>Expects sympathy

>Implying you have writing talent
>Implying you should always be such a little bitch

>> No.6331850

>>6331836
yup, this

'my friends are STEM and i'm a failure'

oh my god, if it's bait it's top shelf quality

>> No.6331855

>>6331800
>>6331828
>>6331828

thanks anon

I'm 21, and this motivated me to go write for a bit

if I don't make it by 25 then idk :(

>> No.6331906

>>6331855
I'm so glad my poor life choices have motivated you!

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6332458

You guys should take it easy. Writing well comes later in life. Just read a lot now. Dostoyevsky did his best stuff at 60.

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6332477

>mfw I read this opie

>> No.6334210

>>6332458
>I'm stupid

Congrats dumbass.

>> No.6334313

>>6334210
Wrong person?

>> No.6334379

>>6332477
That's a beautiful car and people would laugh at you if you ahd it

>> No.6334643

>tfw painful uncertainty about majoring in English and pursuing a career as a writer

What if I fail and sink into obscurity? What if, after all of my work, I can only produce low-quality trite that no one reads?

/blog

>> No.6334729

>>6331759
muh spooks