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 No.2567[Watch Thread][Reply]>>2952

othetr than racism, nsfw, and offensive personal stuff
what can a literature do that decrease its sales and basically makes it read very dumbly and uninteresting?

 No.2634

Being only motivated by money will do that. People who only care about money have nothing interesting to say even to normalfags.

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>>2567 (OP)
Why do you imply characteristics that decrease sales and make a work interesting are one in the same? I'd argue there are many books that are very interesting but wouldn't sell well because they aren't palatable for normies. For example racism, which is based.

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Draw A Turner Diaries



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 No.1737[Watch Thread][Reply]>>1740>>2911

Are things really as bad as they seem for aspiring authors? It seems like the only people who read new works of fiction are children and middle-aged women, and they only read books written put out by major publishers. I heard to get your stuff published by one of them you have to either already have some kind of following or you have to ghostwrite for someone else for awhile, and even then they'll force you to fill your story with pozz.
There's always self-publishing but does anyone read self-published works of serious fiction? There are so many other self-published books flooding the market that the chances of someone even coming across your book, let alone reading it, seem very slim.
I know getting into writing to make money is silly but what's the point of putting your work out there in the first place if no one is going to read it?

 No.1738>>2911

You bring up a lot of stuff and some of its wrong. Basically traditional publishing is dead, but those places might help get you into conventions and stuff to sell your book. Generally though regular old publishing houses are really poor at helping authors and really tend to open them up to scams like paying to join a club so you can vote on the Nebulas and get nothing else in return. Publishers don't give you any help with insurance, taxes, and any other number of the side aspects of being a writer. Writers that work hard get ahead and most already in the traditional publishing world would self-publish if they could.
I personally think books are going to get more popular as people get bored of shitty videogames and movies. A book is literally like the most expensive and personal movie without any compromises or shortcomings that either of those first modifiers normally require. And self published digital books can be sold for like $4 and still come out good for the author so it's a low investment for prospective customers.
I feel like if you like writing you should do it because you enjoy doing it, but also the goal of writing is to be read. It's just imaginary without that. But writing just for money sucks, I remember this reddit for erotic writers existed and I read through their stuff: a) they escaped the world of a dayjob but they had to spend the same amount of time looking up fetishes to make books on and b) they basically all needed to write a book a month (it's porn so it's not like a real books but still they needed a new product every month) and c) they had a big problem with categories. Like maybe there's not a lot of inflation erotica so they would start making that and it would sell well enough for a bit then get overcrowded and they needed to move to piss books. Anyways they wrote so much for work none of them actually worked on that good novel they wanted to write.
If you really want to make money it's trying to find an unfulfilled market need, it's research, it's a lot of extra stuff. Very few people get to be Stephen King and write piss and get paid for it.
Write because you enjoy it, put it out so it can have a life, try and get it reviewed to help that goal, and possibly buy some ads for it.

 No.1739

Humanity is over, so…

 No.1740

>>1737 (OP)
>cuckime

 No.1741

Unironically get with an indie publishing house. Unlike major publishers they're not in a position to strongarm you, but unlike self-publishing they can still hook you up with things like cover art, marketing, and printing.

It's definitely true that less people are reading new books though. There's not a lot you can do about that except shill your book here like that anon did on /tv/ for his movie.

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>>1737 (OP)
> It seems like the only people who read new works of fiction are children and middle-aged women, and they only read books written put out by major publishers.
May depend on where you look?
> and even then they'll force you to fill your story with pozz.
Depends on the publisher.
You ever heard about Larry Correia? He seems to do fairly well. He's competent, but not exactly Kipling. Obviously, he doesn't publish in Tor or other soy farms.
There's this, for example: https://amzn.to/2i3RVv5
And this: https://amzn.to/3f4d7v6

Anyhow, already published authors tend to give advise to the effect of: don't expect it to be your primary source of income.

>>1738
>Publishers don't give you any help with insurance, taxes
droit du signeur. Anon… If you want to be a serf anyway, at least do it on fresh air.



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 No.2842

thanks for the sticky but lol i dont read cuz i aint gay lel so ok



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 No.2771[Watch Thread][Reply]

At what point does it stop being a block and end up defining who you are? What if I'm no longer a writer, and just a guy…
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 No.2775

The second novel blues is almost unavoidable. Writers block is usually something that gets better on its own except for when it doesn't. Write several books and then safe deposit them for when you absolutely have to publish something to satisfy the publishers. That way when they come knocking for that yearly release and you cant write you can release the new book and still get paid.

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>>2774
Horror erotica.

 No.2777>>2778

>>2776
Nice.

 No.2778

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>>2777
It's shameful, but eh, it's a living…

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>>2772
That was painful to read



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 No.2754[Watch Thread][Reply]>>2770>>2783

Trying to choose interesting character names…mostly original but also fun.. think of pokemon, mickey mouse. the kind of names that improves your writing.

 No.2770

>>2754 (OP)
John Stone, Rick Lance, Bill Hunter.

 No.2783

>>2754 (OP)
Ben Dover
Hugh Janus
Harry Balzac

 No.2785

Grebbut Grobbit

 No.2829

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Travis Scott



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 No.2814[Watch Thread][Reply]

Other than harry potter what stories made like at least 600grand a year?

wait..Harry potter made that much basically, right?

 No.2816>>2819

Draw a space marine?

 No.2819>>2828

>>2816 lol, like naruto?

 No.2828

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>>2819
Like Travis Scott.



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 No.2786[Watch Thread][Reply]

since you need to consistently deliver quality to earn X amount, how would you translate X to say the required value to produce? It's fair to say this right, since people(or a demographic) do look for a certain value and not any less, not brainless of a buyer?

Would there be a rough sketch for production/editing to maintain?

 No.2787

i mean like othr than punctuations and grammar, what makes it actually readable, consistent, and finally top grossing?

how do you keep writing/the story consistent too?

 No.2801>>2802

Make an overall arc, draw a space marine, and remember everyone is an npc who only cares about style every now and then and how well you can market it initially

 No.2802>>2803

>>2801 whats the minimum average quality of it is what i am asking.

 No.2803>>2808

>>2802
Average quality is consistency, things don't need to be perfect rather they need to be dependable

 No.2808

>>2803
Consistency is cringe, tbh. It should always be a gamble.



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 No.2746[Watch Thread][Reply]

Post your preferred reading music.
Vidrel I sometimes use for nonfiction

 No.2747

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And this one for fiction shit.
Sometimes I go so far as vidya or classical stuff, but the less distracting the better



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 No.2688[Watch Thread][Reply]

i got like 17 types of literature i want to develop regularly
and maybe multiply them by 10

what should this 10 be if 17 stands for titles so i have like, enough content quota/memes to gain traction from idk


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 No.2636[Watch Thread][Reply]

how to plan out good story?
i got like characters designed and the premise but i dunno how to make like, arcs and chapters like jojo or harry potter's books by books…

basicaly coming up withthe plotlines ..
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 No.2639>>2640

>>2638
Not if the bridge went over land

 No.2640>>2641

>>2639 like grand canyon?
you d need to make sure it lands on the head
and not spinning out of control

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>>2640
I'd hit you with a rock like the ones on the ground. They'd never know.

 No.2644>>2671

>>2641
so you need to go down and pick up some rocks first? it mustbe a big rock

 No.2671

>>2644
No, dummy, a fragment is enough. Just like in Killer Elite.



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