How's the writing career going, /lit/?

[Anonymous No.12616035]

Pop open any George RR Martin, or Frank Herbert, or Ken Follett, or Rowling.

This is your competition.

Why haven't you taken the capitalistpill and abandoned your aesthetic ideals about what a novel ought to be? Someone as smart as you could be very successful.

[Anonymous No.12616089]

i hope one day to take everything ive abosrbed through 4chan to influence my writing and i can have a collection of lifes works to become a controversial writer in the 22nd century when im already dead

[Anonymous No.12616135]

Because in the industries of the arts skill does not matter. It is solely about luck, being discovered by someone influential and having them publish your mediocre work. Be it music literature or visual arts; the most successful ones arent the best. They are the better ones who got discovered and also are broad enough for the masses and thus lacking depth.
When I write literature, compose music or create visual pieces it is only for me and my family. Getting discovered is my wild fantasy, like the perfect big tiddy goth gf, or godlike workout results, or absurd success in financial investments. I work towards it, but what can I expect but slighlty higher than mediocre results?

[Anonymous No.12616152]

>>12616035
>Pop open any George RR Martin, or Frank Herbert, or Ken Follett, or Rowling.
GOTTA TRY HARDER, COMPETITION IS NADA

[Anonymous No.12616230]

>>12616035
I'm just waiting one or two more years before publishing my Collected 4channel Posts.

[Anonymous No.12616241]

>>12616230
my royalties WHEN fuckface

[Anonymous No.12616242]

>>12616230
That's not art. What sort of artistic value would your 4chan posts have? None.

[Anonymous No.12616250]

I'm working on my novel with a strong independent black gay female protagonist who fights the evil orange man from killing poor Mexican children with his farts.
Do you think this will sell?

[Anonymous No.12616262]

>>12616242
a collected anthology of Londonfrog posts might have some merit

[Anonymous No.12616271]

>>12616242
Wrong

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/08/05/a-photo-of-a-4chan-post-sold-for-almost-100000-because-art/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.94425dd0cb6d

[Anonymous No.12616651]

You know, my Career isn't doing too bad. I'm not anywhere near where I can consider myself "successful", but Im making enough to live off of to continue to hone my craft. Going to be working on a blog next to use it to market my self published stuff. Maybe write something on the side to shop for an agent.

Because you're right OP. If Rowling, Martin, Meyers, and others can find success I'm sure I'll find some too.

[Anonymous No.12616706]

>>12616250
>Do you think this will sell?

Unfortunately yes

[Anonymous No.12616719]

>>12616242
They would have a lot of autistic value though.

[Anonymous No.12616940]

>>12616035
>George RR Martin, or Frank Herbert, or Ken Follett, or Rowling.

All of those people are unironically better than me desu