Anonymous
9/8/2025, 11:27:55 PM
No.11373305
(a nuanced commentary on the post-9/11 society)
>>11373239
>were i just gooning alone, i wouldn't need all that; i'd only think of the subject matter wordlessly, seeing it in my mind. to me, writing is a mere vehicle to reach others, so as such i wish it'd be appreciated by others
>writing is inherently a compromised form of creative expression, where the purity of my creativity is translated into a digestible format, losing something in the process
Doesn't sound any different from any other art form to me, except you have hands-on experience with this one. If you know about writing, there are people who wear tweed jackets and black turtlenecks and introduce themselves as writers yet never write anything; there are people who've finished multiple books, but hesitate to call themselves writers because none of their books were accepted for paper printing by a publisher; there are even people who crank out books every few months on schedule that then get sold under a famous author's name and never think twice about it.
I don't think that legacy works in a way that somebody would randomly read your stuff after your death while carrying it to the incinerator and fall in love with it. You need to make a lot of effort reaching out and staying consistent so that people think of you whenever they have that specific craving you can satiate. Huge amount of work underwater, so that the stuff peaking out gets noticed. The bigger footprint you leave, the more chances it will still be talked about when it's old news.
That said, I'm not really concerned with what happens after I'm dead. To spend years working hard and not getting any tangible benefits you need to truly be mental. I'd wager, the pay isn't good even if you DO get published, you can't outpace McDonalds, so it's more of a vanity thing. Everybody knows what Naruto is, but the guy had to spend about as much time as I were alive chained to the desk, no vacations, no honeymoon, just drawing pages.
>>11373239
>were i just gooning alone, i wouldn't need all that; i'd only think of the subject matter wordlessly, seeing it in my mind. to me, writing is a mere vehicle to reach others, so as such i wish it'd be appreciated by others
>writing is inherently a compromised form of creative expression, where the purity of my creativity is translated into a digestible format, losing something in the process
Doesn't sound any different from any other art form to me, except you have hands-on experience with this one. If you know about writing, there are people who wear tweed jackets and black turtlenecks and introduce themselves as writers yet never write anything; there are people who've finished multiple books, but hesitate to call themselves writers because none of their books were accepted for paper printing by a publisher; there are even people who crank out books every few months on schedule that then get sold under a famous author's name and never think twice about it.
I don't think that legacy works in a way that somebody would randomly read your stuff after your death while carrying it to the incinerator and fall in love with it. You need to make a lot of effort reaching out and staying consistent so that people think of you whenever they have that specific craving you can satiate. Huge amount of work underwater, so that the stuff peaking out gets noticed. The bigger footprint you leave, the more chances it will still be talked about when it's old news.
That said, I'm not really concerned with what happens after I'm dead. To spend years working hard and not getting any tangible benefits you need to truly be mental. I'd wager, the pay isn't good even if you DO get published, you can't outpace McDonalds, so it's more of a vanity thing. Everybody knows what Naruto is, but the guy had to spend about as much time as I were alive chained to the desk, no vacations, no honeymoon, just drawing pages.