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8605875 No.8605875 [Reply] [Original]

>I try to write a novel

>Try fantasy
>Ok this has to be easy right? No, I can't finish ten pages with out getting lost in my own set up.
>Horror
>Creepy stuff, aliens, the fear of the unknown. Nope can't even come up with something original. Damn you Lovecraft.
>Science fiction
>About twenty pages I'm ripping off The Stars, Like Dust.
>Let's just make a classic novel alright?
>Oh no wait, I don't even know how humans interact so I'm on a dead end here.
>At last erotic literature.
>Over 500 pages in an hour.

>> No.8605969
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8605969

>>8605875
Thats alright man. To be honest, if you write for fun then who cares what the book is about? Thats just the way I see it

>> No.8606104

>>8605875

Lets read some, my dick is ready

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8606168

>want to write a book
>jot down a tome of notes about everything
>can't even begin to think of an opening line

>> No.8606434

>>8605875

>Enroll in life writing course
>First ever exposure to world of literature
>existential crisis
>End product cat memoir

>> No.8606441

>>8606168
>he starts writing from the beginning

>> No.8606469

>>8605875
Novels require planning. If you just want to meme off the top off of your head write short fiction.

Don't write a novel until you have something you want to convey that just won't work in under 20 pages.

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>>8605875
heh... join the club, if you think you have what it takes... kid

>> No.8606569

>>8606168
>"Yeah, that's me. You're probably wondering how I ended up in this position right now..."

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8606575

>>8606168
I have the ending to an amazing fantasy story written imo now I just need to outsource the beginning and middle to someone with talent

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>>8606501
Which one of you did this?

>> No.8606594

>>8605875
>I try to write a novel
>twenty pages in...
have you not heard of outlining?