But I don't read any books
>>24687940that doesn't matter. just write.
>>24687940You want to be "a person who's written a book," you don't want to write a book. People with no passion for an art form only get into it for the social approval it affords them.
>>24687977Because there's so much social approval for unknown novelists amirite
I dare you to try. The fact you cannot read a book implies you lack even a thousandth of the necessary grit to write. Language is a tradition, and to become a storyteller you need to be initiated into that tradition. I can perform this service, but it is long, expensive, and very, very painful. You will likely fall deeply in love with me, and you will beg to stay by my side for the rest of my life. But I will shake my head. I will deny you, and I will leave you on the side of the road, three in morning, no moon in the sky, and dumb tears running down your face. Only then may you begin upon your first draft.
>>24687988Tell someone you've written a novel or two, and they will look up to you to some degree. They won't even consider publishing.
>>24687940Just write one of those obnoxious, meandering stream of consciousness novels and be as verbose and figurative as possible. Be sure to include as much postmodernism as you can fit
>>24687940>I want to write a symphony>But I don't listen to any musicLet's be honest, you don't want to write a novel, you want to draw a manga but you don't know how to draw.
Why would you want to write a novel if you don't have any appreciation for the art?
>>24687940It's like saying "I want kids, but I don't want to have sex."
>>24688500It's more like saying, "I want kids, but I've never seen one, and don't really care about them." Also, empty b8 op, ignore and move on.
>>24688500>>24688544no its more like saying i want to have sex with someone, but i dont want anyone to have sex with me
Hell dawg it took me eleven years and I still only have about 100 pages, keep at it lad.If you have a story worth telling, which you must give yourself time to develope, it will come naturally.Don't feel too worried about Chat-GPT as an editor as well, as long as your core structure is well-established.
>>24687997I finish reading about 1 book a year but in the past month, slightly less actually, I’ve written over 300 pages of smut about a tall muscular white man with a big dick who gets a job as a gym teacher at an all girls school in Japan. Sometimes inspiration can just seize you and not let go.
>>24687940Anon A and Anon B sat at a bar. A weak neon light buzzed overhead. Anon A was nursing a tall glass of milk. Beside him, Anon B wore a blue shirt and a matching cap that read, “Please be patient, I have autism.”Anon B coughed.Anon A glanced over. He could feel a stupid question swelling in his friend’s toad-like throat. There was never a shortage of those.“I want to write a novel, but I don’t read books,” Anon B said.Anon A blinked. “OK?”“How?”“How what?”“How do I write a novel without having to read a book?”Anon A’s temple began to throb. He knew the question would be stupid, but this…He let his eyes wander to the bold white letters stamped across the cap and sighed.“I don’t know. Just write,” Anon A said.“Write how? How am I supposed to transcribe the movie in my head onto the pages? Last night, I literally spent hours staring at a blank document, and not a single word came to mind.”Anon A shrugged. “Do you have a story?”“Sure,” Anon B said.“Can you write an outline?”“Maybe… if I Google how.”“So you’re stuck at the drafting phase, yeah?”“Mm-hmm.” Anon B nodded.“Well, a book is made of chapters, and a chapter is made of scenes. A scene doesn’t need a whole lot: some action, dialogue, description, and a narrative voice tying it all together. The voice is probably the hardest part since you don’t even know what a good narrator is supposed to sound like, so don’t. Focus on the dialogue, add a bit of action in between, and the bare minimum description to give your reader an idea of what the characters look like and where the story takes place.”Anon B scratched at the brim of his cap. “That sounds like a screenplay.”“It is.” Anon A sipped his milk. “You’re the one who said you wanted to transcribe your mental movie onto the page. What could be an easier way?”Anon B chewed his lip. “But don’t books that read like screenplays scream amateur? I heard that from YouTube, I think.”“You are an amateur.”“I know, but—”“This shitty scene right here is five hundred words long. A chapter only needs three thousand words.”Anon B looked down at his beer, then back up at Anon A. “So if I write, like, ten chapters…”“You’ve got a short novel.”“And twenty chapters?”“A real one.”Anon B tapped the bar in a dull rhythm, then he brightened. “So I could grind out twenty chapters of people talking, and that’s it?”Anon A tilted his glass, watching the milk swirl. “If they’re talking about something interesting, sure.”“And if they’re not?”“Then add some action.”Anon A drained the last of his milk and, without hesitation, brought the empty glass down on his friend’s blue cap.Anon B cried and clutched his head as he toppled from the stool.Anon A set the cracked glass on the bar, a faint smile tugging at his lips.“End scene.”
>>24687940I have spent an average of $30 a week for the last year on books and I can't think of how to begin writing. This, after getting a B+ on creative writing at uni.
>>24687940You can still do it. Maybe read one book or something. Like find one you like. But people all the time can read and read until it becomes inaction, I know from experience. If you want to write, the important thing is getting the words out.
>>24687940Best way to do it. I'm not kidding. Write now, read later. Familiarity is inhibitive (see "beginner's luck"). You owe it yourself, to the unlikelihood of genius.
Sorry, fellow frogposter. Looks like you're a bit lost. Let me guide you back.>>>/b/
