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18696570 No.18696570 [Reply] [Original]

>tfw kind of want to write a book but don't see the point cause I know nobody will read it

>> No.18696577

Write something to yourself.

>> No.18696580

>>18696570
Then don't write it.

>> No.18696581

>>18696570
Honest question: Why do you want to write a book?

>> No.18696585

>>18696570
>don't see the point
start with the greeks

>> No.18696607

>>18696570
I just want to feel it in my hands, and see it on my bookshelf, and know for myself that I made that. that will be nice.

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>>18696570
A writer writes because s/he has to.

>> No.18696617

>>18696611
That depends, one can also write as a craft. This is mostly the case with people who write to cope. I'm somewhat like this, but I don't think this is the kind of thing that can be said about every writer.

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>>18696570
Self-defeat will get you nowhere, friend!

>> No.18696631

>>18696585
Kys, why are annoying little kids still allowed on this board?

>> No.18696636

just write anyway

>> No.18696648

Sometimes you don't need a reason. People cope with doing stuff and imagine themselves with a purpose, sometimes you just want to cook something nice, sometimes you just want to write and that's it.

>> No.18697927

>>18696570
Write some ancient Greek philosophy, then at least /lit/ will read it.

>> No.18697936

>>18696619
hi jason

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>>18696570
Do it anyways, anon. Most writers don't "make it" until far into their career, and your first draft (if not your first novel, period) is gonna fucking suck no matter how much you bitch about it. But the only way to find out if four books from now you'll suck less about is to write the first three.

As for "nobody will read it", that's bullshit. I make tabletop RPGs which are a niche at best market and I've gotten hundreds of downloads on an unfinished project. People will always find obscure garbage and eat it up one way or another.

You know what I did to start with my own book? I moved away from social media, and that includes this hellsite. Unplug your brain from the cycle of dick measuring instilled into your head by the internet, and you'll find yourself writing in no time.