/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.9639870]

>he reads but doesn't write

[Anonymous No.9639876]

>bittersweet hoarded sun

[Anonymous No.9639879]

I have a physical aversion to reading my own stuff, I never edited my stuff in uni, probably why I never rose above mediocrity. I put it down to self loathing

[Anonymous No.9639900]

>he doesn't read or write

Me, t b h

[Anonymous No.9639922]

>>9639870
>he considers himself a "writer"

[Anonymous No.9639927]

>>9639870

I write small pieces of study which consists of my anotations of the books and secondary material. Eventually when i edit them they get bigger, more correct and have a better flow to It. I started to edit writing in the manner of the person im analyzing (my Dostoiévski one had a heavy edit on how we writes) and so far is helping a lot on my intelectuall and artistic maturity.

[Anonymous No.9639934]

>>9639870
You are stupid, OP. Literature is meant to be read by as many people as possible, but only the few superior ones should write it. Sure you're not one of them.

[Anonymous No.9639937]

>>9639870
>he listens to music but doesn't play

[Anonymous No.9639946]

>>9639937
Not an argument

[Anonymous No.9639954]

>>9639870
literally me :)

[Anonymous No.9639956]

>>9639946
>he dismisses my argument but provides no argument of his own

[Anonymous No.9639968]

he refuses to read digital books because they 'dont feel right'

[Anonymous No.9639970]

>>9639956
>greentexting an analogy is an argument

wew

[Anonymous No.9639981]

>>9639970
I'm sorry, I only provided the same empty greentext OP did

[Anonymous No.9640010]

>>9639870
>he watches sports but doesn't exercise

[Anonymous No.9640021]

>>9640010
>he writes but doesn't read (the thread)

[Anonymous No.9640035]

>>9639870
>he watches the food channel but doesn't cook

[Anonymous No.9640038]

>he watches porn but doesn't have sex

[Anonymous No.9640040]

>he watches porn but doesn't fuck

[Anonymous No.9640060]

>>9640038
>>9640040

>he watches porn but doesn't masturbate

[Anonymous No.9640066]

>>9640038
>>9640040
Woah, that's telepathy!

[Anonymous No.9640090]

>>9639927

Absolutely! I've taken to scribbling down any ideas for almost the whole of the last decade. I preserve anything I've written on. While I didn't look back for years, lately I have been mining old papers for gems of thought. It is:
1) amazing how much I've grown in my comprehension
2) interesting to see how thoughts develop throughout my years
3) helping me produce writing presently

Simply stating, restating, restating, and restating ideas, looking for the proper words and structure, this is important to creating mental clarity.

[Anonymous No.9640154]

People really shouldn't write unless it's something they feel seriously compelled to do. There are too many writers and not enough readers. Same with anything creative. Thin the herd- you are probably not that good. In addition to this, even the ones who are good, often lack the perspective of art as just another career- which it is, in many ways. It's a job that requires you get up and actually DO the thing you say you're doing for at least 10, 20 hours a week. Not going to parties all the time or playing video games.

So yeah, don't write.

[Anonymous No.9640197]

>>9640154
>gives advice on writing
>doesn't even write
>is also a manchild

[Anonymous No.9640203]

>>9639934
But if you never write, you will never find out if you're one of the (((superior ones))).

[Anonymous No.9640215]

>>9640197
I don't write but most "creative" fields operate in the same way. I'm just saying, if you treat it like a job, then you're getting somewhere. But otherwise it's mostly a hobby. Notice that nowhere do i refer to myself as a "writer". I'm not saying "don't write"- start a blog. Just don't operate under the illusion that you can be a professional writer without putting in professional hours.

[Anonymous No.9640240]

>>9640154
Writing helps you think man

[Anonymous No.9640382]

>>9640154
This is really the best possible answer. /lit/ is always full of disgusting and wrong -- I mean wrong at the root -- threads where people ask advices on writing, and they especially beg for motivation. If you need that, do not write. Just DO NOT WRITE. You're getting nowhere.

[Anonymous No.9640471]

>he writes but he keeps his writings too himself, never showing them to anyone, for fear of not being the great writer he had built himself up to be inside of his own head, and instead being exposed as a not-very-good-writer or even worse a mediocre writer.

[Anonymous No.9640474]

>>9639870
>he writes intentionally

[Anonymous No.9640482]

>>9640038
>>9640040
lol fourchan. society ejects them. they all gather here like birds before the sunset.

[Anonymous No.9640493]

>>9640482
Is this a poem?

[Anonymous No.9640687]

>>9639870
>he writes but doesn't read

[Anonymous No.9640691]

>>9639968
Ebooks hurt my eyes and literally give me headaches.

[Anonymous No.9640889]

>>9639968
They really do not.

[Anonymous No.9641281]

>>9640691
does reading text on the computer do the same thing?

don't hold the screen to close to your face
increase the font
lower the brightness

[Anonymous No.9642058]

>>9640687
beat me to it

[Anonymous No.9642063]

>>9640687
this is the state i've ascended to

[Anonymous No.9642174]

>>9640687
you got a problem with that?

[Anonymous No.9642360]

>>9642063
*descended
Ftfy

[Anonymous No.9643557]

>>9639927
>Dostoiévski
kys

[Anonymous No.9643800]

>>9639870
im working on it, but i dont want to pluck my fruit before its ripe