/lit/ - Literature

I read No longer Human sometime ago and I still don't understand humans, I mean I do, but not really.
Why do we suck so much, bros?

/lit/, I just want to be a writer but every time I try and write anything that could be publishable both my skills and my talent immediately vanish.

It wasn't always this way. I wrote a bunch of short stories years ago, and it's been over a year and a half since I finished my first novel. Now I can't replicate it, and I don't think I'm ever going to be able to again. whose fucking dick do I have to suck to be good again?

>97.5% of writers will never finish their first novel
>99.5% of books that ARE finished are rejected for legitimate publication
>Of those remaining 00.01% the average number of sales peaks at 0.68 copies per day
>in other words, if you are a writer, you can expect to sell on average 0.000085 books a day

>have actually successfully written a novel
>all I feel is failure because I haven't successfully written a homestuck knockoff

what the fuck is wrong with me?

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>Serraphina

She was a harsh loss.

I want to be a writer again but a single story I can't finish has so consumed my psyche for so long that I can't think of any ideas unrelated to it that I legit care enough to write about

what do?

I had a wakeup call today /lit/

I always wanted to write a novel, but today I was struck by the realization that I let my laziness and my inability to handle criticism control me. Now even complete buffoons are passing me by and all I can do is moan and bitch.

And the worst part is, bitching and moaning only makes me feel more pathetic which makes me even less confident that I can succeed which again leads back to bitching and moaning

Should I neck myself?