Is an ascetic life required to be a great writer?

>>24619638 (OP)
Who are some great writers?

no

>>24619638 (OP)
The ideal trajectory is a youth of swashbuckling, rabble-rousing, rough-housing, drugs, and degeneracy (this is research) followed by middle age of sprititual austerity (this is the work itself).

>>24619638 (OP)

Jd Salinger spent 50 year in an isolated cabin working constantly, only when these works are finally released will we know.

>>24619737
Holden rapes Phoebe.

>>24619744

it was a perfect decade for Bananafish

>>24619638 (OP)
I don't think it's possible without quitting the internet (and tv) for long periods at a time.

>>24619638 (OP)
That's basically how I lived during college.

I miss these kinds of rooms so much.

>>24620431
The vital organ of a real room is a wooden floor. This explains half our modern problems.

>>24620433
did you even look at the op pic?

>>24620444
Oh. My screen is in washed out by the sun and I'm coming down off poppy tea. I'm sorry. On inspection that floor looks wretched. Completely uneven. No doubt wobbling and clacking together as you mince your way to the chappal for Vigils.

>>24620458
got a good recipe for poundcake?

>>24619638 (OP)
No, but a disciplined one is

>>24620511
Use a recipe that includes cream cheese; these are typically lighter, and slightly less sweet
t. baker

>>24620622
you are devaluing an entire subset of literature based on your subjective idealism

>>24619644
fpbp

I like weird books made by weird people. To be "Great" is some undefined bullshit. Who cares ? Not like they are going to invite you to Joe Rogan podcasts to say "he is one of the greats". Who cares.
Live your life, write also, you win.