/lit/ - Literature

How do you actually study Philosophy properly if you can't afford to go to University?

>minor character goes on a page and a half long rant about how much he hates niggers
How much would this fuck up a book's chance at being published?

>write draft of a poem without rhythm or meter
>barely manage 100 words a day
>write the same thing in careful precise prose
>efortleslly writing 300+ words every hour of writing

Why is that?

>mfw 40K words and 7 chapters done as of today
I'm gonna make it, bros. If I keep this up, I'm really gonna make it. This is the furthest I've ever gotten with trying to write a novel. If all goes well, I should be done with my first draft by late August, early September at the latest.