/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.8930853]

Books on writing and the struggle of being creative or being a creator, in general.

No self-help books BS or similar guides on how to be really cool and artsy. No magical solutions and recipes.

Just authors that have struggled with creation and wrote down their experience for anyone else to not commit the same errors and/or get some insight on how to approach any creative task.

I found really interesting materials from painters like Duchamp or Kadinsky, but none worth from /lit/erary minds. Any books that helped you understand the creative process and the hell that comes with it?

[Anonymous No.8930865]

>the struggle of being creative or being a creator

What struggle?

[Anonymous No.8930927]

>>8930865
Don't know about you anon, but I have periods when I feel what I've done is a pile of shit, others were I have an euphoria drive that lasts for a few days, average days and so on.

I think it's pretty common by looking at how much time some people have dedicated though history to understand and write about the creative process and how to develop art, what's art, what role plays the receiver on all this, etc

[Anonymous No.8930944]

>>8930927
You sound 14.

Whatever "periods" you have of depression or mania aren't struggle but self-inflicted posturing.

[Anonymous No.8930948]

>>8930944

>You sound 14.

not that anon but you're posturing even as you say this. good one, m8.

[Anonymous No.8930953]

>>8930944
Said the man devoid of passion, pursing his unkissable lips against the bitter dregs at the bottom of a cup of life that did not satisfy him.

[Anonymous No.8930956]

>>8930953

you know what you both sound like tossers actually.

[Anonymous No.8930998]

>>8930944
Wow, what the fuck /lit/. I don't think I played the 'depressive/maniac' role on my post. Either did I look for pitty or attention. Calm down.

As I mentioned, I think it's a pretty common thing. You can't be all days 200% creative and happy, all thoughts flowing and feeling happy, either you should be pittying yourself the rest of the time. But those periods happen.

I just wanted to know of works of people who had gone through this, coped with those feelings and wrote about it, as you can see with the authors I mentioned and, basically, as you can see on any interview with a writer, painter, director, etc.

Also, any books on thoughts about the creative process that are not self-help BS and magic recipes, as abovementioned, are pretty welcome as well.

[Anonymous No.8931013]

>>8930998
A Confederacy of Dunces and this song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFqOpkBRLDs should help you out.

[Anonymous No.8931227]

>>8931013
Don't know if you're being ironic, but thanks. Had Confederacy of Dunces on the back burner list so I'll start with it soon.

[Anonymous No.8931241]

>>8930853
John Gardner's The Art of Fiction and On Becoming a Novelist might interest you.

Anne Lammott's Bird by Bird is kind of this.

Art and Fear is often mentioned in these circles.

But what you want, OP, is Moon and Sixpence. Transformative. Just read it.

[Anonymous No.8931248]

>>8930853
The Recognitions
J R
The New York Trilogy

[Anonymous No.8931249]

>>8930944
>You sound 14

The 14 year-old's favourite catchphrase.

[Anonymous No.8931677]

>>8931241
>>8931248
Look great. Have this wonderful ass in exchange.

[Anonymous No.8932920]

>>8930853
Bump before letting the thread die.