How do you reconcile your desire to write literature with your distaste for contemporary works?To be honest, I would love to read diaristic literature written by a sad anon from 1998-2004. Maybe you could write your sad literature now for me to enjoy in 2046?
>>25209451By not having an arbitrary distaste for contemporary writings. What have you read that put you off contemporary works?
>>25209569It's more like I like 70% classics and 30% contemporary. If I only read 30 odd books a year, it's really not that many contemporary books.
>>25209569And it's not so much what I have read. I'm very picky so the ones I have read I liked. My issue is that everything on the shelves is written by someone who is either a) fortunate enough to be able to jump through all the hoops like an MFA b) good at/enjoys marketing themselves online e.g. can build an online following (so many agents don't want to hear from you unless you have a following) c) well connected d) very attractive or charismatic.It just feels like there isn't the same range of backgrounds reflected in contemporary writing compared to older stuff. I don't know.
>>25209569>What have you read that put you off contemporary works?Reading one or two of the books that get nominated for tge Pulitzer Fiction Prize and the National book award every year, for 10 years straight
>>25209611>>25209607Stop reading American fiction, read British and translated fiction
>>25209612>british fictionyeah man because Zadie Smith is so much better>translated fictionno interest in reading translator's fanfiction
>>25209612I've tried to get into some contemporary translated Latin American works - some of it is fine enough but just not that great. Just the same as American fiction. There's something about contemporary stuff that is missing like a certain charm to me.
>>25209623>no interest in reading translator's fanfictionGlobal rule number 2
>>25209689The only people who have faith in translations of fiction writing, poetry especially, are monolinguals
>>25209762Wait, so you're underage and you're ESL? Rough
>>25209451no idea why I finished this shit. Shoulda stopped toward the beginning when he talked about having an emotional moment to a sonic youth song, or when he said>he was a writer, if you could even call him that, he hardly ever wrote...Idk tho anon, maybe be the change you want to see. I've loved very few contemporary books too, would be sick if someone wrote a good one though
