/lit/ - Literature

>>19615022
This is absolute kino. The ratio of people who love it vs hate it ITT is roughly 85/15, which is the sweet spot you want. Any more people loving it and it would feel artificial and insincere. More hating it and the controversy detracts from the work.

You are an incredibly fucking talented writer and I'm stoked to read a full-length novel from you. Could you post something else? I emailed you also

>>18575099
Because I would rather do what I do for mediocre pay than anything else. I don't believe the accumulation of wealth is the only measure of success in life, or even the most important. I have friends who are in Engineering and Finance earning great salaries and hating their jobs, spending all their time at work, and breaking their backs to buy slightly bigger boxes to live in.

I count myself extremely lucky to have a genuine passion for English. To be able to still read Shakespeare and have it move me on a deep, emotional level is a real privilege. I get to spend my life immersed in what I love more than anything else, studying it, and sharing it with others.

>>16846939
And I think improvement is good, but I have never seen a single piece in any of these threads that is near publishing. The people giving out advice tend to recycle platitudes, the obvious, or things readily available by a Google search, e.g.

>>16846617
>>16846572
>>16846425

While providing no proof of authority, through an accepted submission screenshot, or even an excerpt of their own writing.

The reason this is dangerous is because it causes a strange feedback loop. Those posting work for critique get a few obvious tips that they should have known in the first place, yet feel a thrill when incorporating the suggestions into their piece (when it's still far from publishable). Those giving advice get a feeling of superior taste in doing so, and- I fear- WRONGLY associate such critical ability with superior writing ability.

This purports to be a writing general, yet there is a noticeable lack of anyone with any degree of success in writing. Let's have people who have had short stories or a novel published (and actually published, not self-publishing vanity nonsense). If there is a dearth of such individuals then simply rename these at crit threads. Yet even then, in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. Crit threads would be no substitute for sustained criticism from actual editor services, or in-depth feedback from professional beta readers.