/lit/ - Literature

>decided to try writing a book
>worked on it over several months, was fairly happy with it
>finally finished it at about 100k words
>leave it for a month to settle so i can come back to it for the dreaded edit with a clear mind
>a month later
>re-read my book
>the prose is terrible
>the characters are weak and two dimensional
>the plot is predictable
>the pacing is all over the place
>the dialogue is stilted and mostly expository
>the setting is cliche
>literally feel suicidal reading through this hackneyed pile of garbage in the face of thousands of years of literary tradition

is this what being an author is like

if so i dont like it

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I see plenty of you on the Striner doc but nobody is submitting ideas for his waifu...