>modern literature is dead>modern movies are garbage >modern media is just slopWhere do all the elite writes go now? How do they make a living?
>>25203529/lit/ obviously and we don't make a living off it.
>>25203529>Where do all the elite writes go now?You don't find us. We find you.
Come to the parking lot behind mcdonalds at 2AM. You'll see.
They're all freaks in seclusion these days because these skills aren't appreciated by the "elites". Some of the most learned men are just living in poverty and working as court clerks and DMV employees.
>>25203594I'm here now. Where is my book deal?
>>25203600I don't like this answer so I refuse to accept it
>>25203600the good bourgeois hates mastery, but loves virtuosity, because the latter reminds him of what he is not, while the former reminds him of what he is
>>25203529>>modern literature is deadLol.>>modern movies are garbageLmao even.>Where do all the elite writes go now?Fitzcarraldo Editions, for example.>How do they make a living?Universities.
>>25203702>Fitzcarraldo Editionsi swear i'm the only one on earth who actually read "the conquest of the useless." goddamn the sassanach
>>25203675>the good bourgeois hates mastery, but loves virtuosity, because the latter reminds him of what he is not, while the former reminds him of what he isThe bourgeois are unvirtuous masters?
>>25203702>modern literature isn't dead because people are reading erotica and slopback to /co/, pedo
On Royal Road, writing click optimized progression/Isekai/Romantasy slop for borderline illiterate ADHD zoomers.
>>25205365>He thinks BookTok is erotica and slopNGMI
>>25205367>progression slopThe fuck is that, mr. "I'm not a borderline illiterate ADHD zoomer, but I know every niche autistic trash they pump out these days"?
>>25203702Middle classes buying the Woes of Being a Negro and White Cancer to put on their shelves to virtue signal isn't a positive tell of the state of modern literature.
>>25203529Wageslaving for the loan payments leaves no time for intellectual pursuitsThis is the age of the STEM who can barely string together a sentence, that's why they want an AI to be creative where they lack
>>25205444>He thinks BookTok is virtue signallingNGMI
>>25205493Booktok based? Damn.
>>25205497Yes. Morning glory milking farm is indian propaganda.The Booktok girlies read Theo of Golden.Just compare the ratings of the two on Goodreads.
>>25205371Power fantasy where the character gets stronger every plot beat, like in a video game
>>25205546So basically shonen mangas in literary form? Never realized that western manchildren haven't caught up with this japanese plot structure. Cool, thanks.
>>25203600Im not a partial time employed DMV worker. Im an ‘aristocrat of the soul.’
Bump
>>25203600It’s easy to fall prey to this narrative and not do much with your life. But I do agree that “high” artistry doesn’t get you much these days other than an aesthetic pleasure that most people won’t share with you( it’s more than enough for me, though)
