So, what happened to talented authors?We all agree that contemporary literature sucks but it isn't as bad in other media. Talented composers are making soundtracks for film and television. Talented painters and cartoonists are either making furry porn or art for video games. Talented sculptors work at video games or movies.But authors? Movies, tv shows and comics have terrible writing, so do most video games. So, where are the great writers of today if they aren't part of the publishing industry nor anywhere else?
What are you talking about? Contemporary literature is fine. Do you not read anything beyond what the /lit/ top 100 chart shows? Jesus that's pretty embarrassing anon...
What's the Silent Hill of literature and don't say The Mist
>>24761118I've read some pretty good fanfics over the last decade, maybe the great authors are all on AO3.
>>24761127The Shadow Over Innsmouth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91gT68xeDMM
>>24761118The talent pipeline was taken over by angry women who now only promote other angry women, non-binaries and effeminate men.
>>24763142Even then they would've landed somewhere else.
Western culture peaked somewhere between the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th (though literature itself likely peaked sometime earlier), and has been in steep decline since.
>>24764853The decline began in 1945, when brits created israel and americans decided to push jews to the forefront.
>>24764958Does seem to be a demarcation point.
>>24763142This. And unfortunately they will do everything in their power to make sure you know about Yellowface but not the good books they had nothing to do with. It's one big incestuous circlejerk of fake reviews, fake interviews, and fake literary awards to make sure you know all about Yellowface, and anything else gets buried to page 993,738,726,653 of amazon.
