/lit/ - Literature

I will now in about 4 months. Im sending s number of short stories to competitions and hope to do decently to great. Anyways whatever be the result ill keep writing.

>>10713361
I’m getting published this spring.

I get stuff published about four times a year.
And the payment I get is one (1) free copy of the literary journal in question.

>>10713361
I'm... writing.

>>10713361
I'm too young to write anything good yet, so in the meantime I practice with long-form shitposts. Anything you create prior to your mid-thirties is going to be trash, even if stylistic wankery gives it the mask of sophistication.

>>10713361

I've written some policy reviews, and am currently writing a policy analysis for the Cato Institute. Otherwise I've done zero paid writing work.

>>10713486
uh, no

>>10713536
>write some vulgar poetry about urinals and shit, get famous
rimbaud was good because he btfo'd the pomp of wannabe poet laureates, exposing them for the frauds that they were, but that doesn't make him great in his own right. He had interesting ideas, to be sure, and was a good poet, but could he match up to the pure force of the great authors of alexendrins? To a Gautier? No.

https://fleursdumal.org/poem/169

Working on my first short story right now. I'm on the second draft. Hopefully, it will be better than the last draft.

It doesn't exist just yet. But I'm waiting to find out if I can quit my job this summer or not, at which point I will live in Europe for a month before deciding between finishing my degree and writing full-time.

I have two years' salary in savings and hope that if I thrust myself into that situation, I will learn to write prolifically.

>>10713361
what's a career?

>>10713361
>he pretends to make money writing

>>10713486
>too young to write anything good yet

Go all in while you're young. One day, when you're older, you'll realize it's your best work and you'll find yourself chasing that spirit

>>10713752
im an autismo and cant write emotive literature anyways. im figuring ill grow more pensive with age.

>>10713486
>baudelaire

I’m not even able to get a response to my high effort posts on /lit/, any attempt at a writing career would just be silly

>>10713829
did you quote the wrong post or were you trying to make a point

>>10713361

I am currently on the second year of a three year book-writing advance.

I have done almost nothing so far, which is exactly as comfy as it sounds, but I know that I will have to REALLY put in work next year.

I think I'm in second round of considerations at the latest magazine I submitted to, which is pretty exciting. If I'm lucky I'll get a personalized rejection and be that much closer to finally seeing my name in print. Also shooting a story off to an anthology being put together by a micropress, so competition might not be as fierce and I could have a good shot there as well.

>>10713361
It's OK, have a production engineering internship interview this week. Nervous because it's my first one in my whole life. Every job I've ever had has been self employed, due to connections, or something I talked my way into as a teenager.

where can i submit short stories to get rejected?

also how much do they pay

>>10713972
interviews fucking blow, just imagine that you're actually excited about working (not just getting money) and that you're actually looking forward to being co-workers with random people you've never met. Don't let on that you could have ever done better in school etc. You are always trying your hardest. Your number one flaw is wanting to work on tasks beyond the deadline to improve your output.

>>10713985
What about if I have a shit gpa due to medical problems and accidents (and adhd, procrastination, but I won't mention that) but I am legitimately excited to work there, aside from pay? It would be so cool to get a real engineering job

What risks did you take to pursue your dream, /lit/?

>>10713361
How do I stop being a heavy-handed maximalist faggot?

>>10713977
300k starting

>>10714001
if they ask you something like 'why did your grades drop' then yeah go for it but imo its never good to highlight weaknesses, especially if it could be construed as making excuses. your call tho.

>>10714008
None. I'm living a safe, boring life, but I can't even do that right because it's so soul-sucking.

haha

>>10714008
This is a good question worth asking. I'd say that today, a young white heterosexual male who is relatively anti-social and somewhat right-wing / conservative risks more than a person in his position has ever risked by sacrificing a career etc for the sake of trying to "make it" in the field of literature. That isn't an effort on my part to justify not taking a risk, or justifying failure to become published, but with authors wages lower than ever, publishing culture more brand-based and social media-orientated than ever, and with more and more people flooding the market both with self-published books and with consumer-friendly stuff, attempting to demand that your own quiet, somewhat dense, boring and nuanced voice be listened to amid the cacophony of attention-seeking which perhaps represents contemporary culture in general, is a demand made only by the extremely ambitious or the extremely naive. I personally work full-time and hate it. I have a week off work this week so I intend to write out at least the opening chapter of a novel if not a couple of short stories. If I could quit and live with a family member for a few years, I probably would, but I can't so I won't. I guess I won't be the hot young precocious author I wanted so badly to be a few years ago. Alas.

>>10714051
>this post

>>10713752
Shit, that's what happened with me. My 13 year old stuff is better than my 19 year old stuff. Why?

I'm going to have a poem published in a somewhat prominent magazine soon. It's not primarily a poetry journal, more of an intellectual journal with a religious and political bent. But they also publish poetry, and they're going to publish a poem of mine. They're even going to pay me, which is exciting.

Overall, I've been inspired to turn to poetry after a long time away from it, mostly based on a graduate class in the English Romantics that I took last semester.

I am also finally, after a long time hemming and hawing, moving to work on an enormous story that I've had in my mind since I was in high school. To tell the whole story is probably going to take me a decade, maybe more, and it will probably span multiple forms of written artwork, from prose to poetry to stagecraft and more. I've always meant for it to be my greatest work, so I've put off working on it until I felt I was ready. But a friend of mine convinced me that I should go ahead and start it, and I've come to feel that he's right. We'll see.

How do you think?

Started writing 500-1000 word daily journal entries because I got lazy and stopped working on short stories. It's a pretty good habit, but the novel i'm working on keeps getting scrapped because I need to improve as a writer before it's something I want to present for publishing.

>>10715735
you really related with the 2-D 30 min ep, middlebrow scripted animu character huh anon?

>>10715764
I haven't actually watched Darker Than Black yet. I-it's on my backlog.

Slow but steady. Just writing.

>>10713361
I've basically finished my short story and am just about ready to submit it to a small press magazine. It is the first completed story I'll have shown to somebody else since I was in elementary school, so I'm very nervous. It'll probably be rejected and I should prepare myself for that.

won a national award, published, two of them I'm not really proud of desu...
It's coming along nicely. Ladies seem to like it, but I'm fairly cute so...

>>10713361
Just got 20 bucks for writing 2 pages of Sonic fetish porn. The idea that maybe someday my serious work will get recognition while there's a secret collection of absolute degenerate shit makes me laugh.

>>10713373
If you write as you post I have some dire news for you.

>>10714051
It's so difficult to tell, but I'm going to call this post as bait. It's just a little too lacking in self-awareness for me to believe it - surely the actual person this paragraph is meant to satirize has already been memed at for talking like this and uses different words to articulate his thoughts.

>>10716317
Alaaaaassssss

>>10713361
I'm struggling to find the motivation to sit down and revise this 35k word chapter I wrote.

>>10715797
It's not that bad, Anon. Pretty great as far as animu is concerned actually. Don't let that lad meme you.

>>10714051

Ahhh!!! this hurt to read, ahh fuck please be 16

>>10716070
>two of them I'm not really proud of desu...

Painful feel

>>10713862
Sounds terrifying.
Also, can I ask how much you were paid to do nothing but write for three years? Is it supposed to tide you over or is it just a nice fat paycheck, but you still need to provide for yourself if you don't want to starve?

>>10713361
This morning I'm trying to make heads or tails of trident media group's "Terms and Conditions":

https://www.tridentmediagroup.com/terms-and-conditions/
Terms & Conditions

>I acknowledge that in accordance with Trident’s established policy, Trident will not accept, consider or otherwise evaluate my material (collectively, my “Material”) until I agree to the following terms and conditions (collectively, these “Terms and Conditions”):
1. I acknowledge that Trident has not examined my Material prior to my review and acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.
2. I acknowledge that Trident has no obligation to review my Material or take me on as a client.
3. I represent that I am the sole owner of my Material and I have the full right to submit my Material to Trident.
4. I understand that Trident has access to materials and ideas that may be similar to my Material in theme, idea, plot or format. I understand that I will not be entitled to compensation because of the use of any such similar or identical material if such material is created independently by Trident or its clients.
5. I hereby release Trident from any and all liability for loss of, or damage to, any copies of my Material that I may submit to Trident.
6. I understand that these Terms and Conditions shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements executed and fully performed therein. I agree that any dispute, claim or controversy that may arise out my Material shall be resolved by a court of competent jurisdiction (state or federal) located in the State of New York, Borough of Manhattan, and I consent to the jurisdiction of such courts in connection therewith.
7. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is void or unenforceable, such provision shall be deemed omitted and the remainder of these Terms and Conditions shall remain in full force and effect.
8. I represent that I have read and understand these Terms and Conditions and that they reflect our entire understanding. Any modification or waiver to these Terms and Conditions must be approved in writing by Trident.

dafuq is this to send a query?

Just finished my masters thesis! It was so exhausting i will never write again!

>>10713361
I'm 22 so I'm just writing for the exercise of it and I'm focusing on parts of my prose that are the worst.
I figure if I keep doing that I'll be able to produce something worthwhile in X years

>>10713977
pls respond

>>10716630
true. The one I won the award for I'm actually proud of... so I hope people will focus on that, and forget the lame drivel I won't share with anyone.

>>10713536
>this one in a million case proves you wrong!

>>10714039
>None. I'm living a safe, boring life, but I can't even do that right because it's so soul-sucking.
;-; Hits close...

>>10713862
what does it pay anon?

Giving up writing fiction in the mid-term because I just can't write convincing characters, since I'm too solipsistic. Also giving up poetry until I've completed a more serious study of history/form/technique; I feel like I've kind of been a dilettante so far. Inspiration is a meme, it's all about technique, just like composing music.

I'm working on a personal essay instead, which is going much much much better. I'm quite confident I'll be able to get it published somewhere.

I mentioned this in a different thread, but I'm planning to go to a selective computer coding bootcamp, get a tech job, save as much money as humanly possible, and try to retire by 30 so I can work on writing without financial pressure or the obligation to work.

>>10718364
>Inspiration is a meme
Delete this

>>10718378
Well, that's an exaggeration. But inspiration alone is about as useful as a fistfuls of sand. I've written far too many profoundly inspired yet humiliatingly bad poems.

>>10713361
I'm still writing fanfictions to improve my writing, though I'm also brainstorming and outlining a story, but I'm getting constantly distracted by the internet and having to attend college.

One of the most critical things in an outline is the beginning and the end, but there's a problem. I don't know what the end will be like. What happens to the characters, and such. I still have a lot to do.

>>10714008
ayyy fellow Iowa Cityfag what up

to answer your question, i moved to Vietnam and became an ESL teacher

>>10718423
Fuck the outline. Start writing and the story will come naturally

>>10713486
I'm almost 20, but my life changed significantly through a profound conversion from atheism to first a deism of a personal God, general Christianity, then not to long after, Catholicism.

I've been writing of the revelations in my life so far and meditative thoughts

>>10718723
I already have a few paragraphs, I know what the conflicts will be, but I still have a bunch of conclusions to choose from.

I have a great idea but the implementation is tricky. How do I want to package it?