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7106299 No.7106299 [Reply] [Original]

>writing class
>try to be new sincerety in a story
>classmates call it cliched and overly sentimental
>prof agrees and gives me a bad mark
>(There were also a bunch of grammatical errors, but that's not the point)
>try to tell the prof I was being honest and sincere in an age of inauthenticity and that should give me a good mark
>he says it doesn't matter if I'm sincere, I need to be a good writer

How can I win with new sincerety if I can never make it with not being ironic? Is there even hope for new sincerety now?

>> No.7106301

So fix your English and your structure, it has nothing to do with sincerity.

>> No.7106302

oh and before you ask, I don't want to share it because I seriously think I have a good and important story and I don't want people to steal it away before I get it published. Sharing it in a writing class is one thing, but on 4chan it's another.

>> No.7106306

>>7106302
Post a paragraph.

>> No.7106308

>>7106301

But why should those things matter if you're being sincere? Fiction is about giving people hope and you don't do that by being ironic and missing the point and worrying about "grammar". If it's sincere, then it's good.

>> No.7106309

Your writing is problematic. You are being a bit smug by thinking the reason you got a bad grade is because we're in an "age of inauthenticity." Look past your bullshit and fix your shitty writing before you start thinking about writing your shitty ideals into a story.

>> No.7106310

Do you suffer from autism?

>> No.7106315

I'll bet you don't want to post it because you know that the writing is bad. Focus on your sentences instead of your autism.

>> No.7106316

It's probably a pokemon fanfic.

>> No.7106317

>>7106310
OP here, yes.

>> No.7106331

>>7106317
You are the problem.

>> No.7106344

Your prof is right. Stop being a shit writer, then you can ask for bonus points for being authentic.

Saging because most likely lighthearted bait.

>> No.7106347
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>>7106317
Well we found the issue. Fix your writing mechanics.

>> No.7106353

post the fucking writing, else you're just bullshitting.

>> No.7106357

>>7106299
Stick to irony like all the other talentless hacks until you hone your writing skills. New sincerity is not for amateurs. You need a lot of talent to pull it off.

>> No.7106383

>>7106353
Who gives a shit about some faggot's gay "sincere" bullshit?

>>7106299
You have to be a good writer. We still like and respect good old sincere writers. Why? Because they are good writers, not because they are sincere writers.