>No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money. -Samuel JohnsonAlmost all the great literary figures of the past were motivated by fame and money, not "writing for its own sake". Yes, even Shakespeare. "I just write for myself" is the ultimate loser cope. Do you also just talk to yourself? Writing is communication. You write to reach others. Only a demoralized zero of a human would spend thousands of hours writing for nobody, with no hope of any compensation or approval.
>>25326095Why not both? Write for mass consumption and do your own stuff that you know nobody cares about.
>>25326095/lit/ has the most complete retards on it by far. Its like some Man after Man shit. Civilization died brain first and the body will follow.
>>25326095>a demoralized zero of a humanliterally me.
>>25326095Who cares what he had to say, that guy was fat. Eww fatty stfu and hit the gym
>>25326095Imagine working a job just so you can pay taxes to a kabal of pedophiles that literally owns money printers.I cannot imagine anything more cucked.
>>25326095Pan di way to di King's hall, Blockhead-Hans pick up gifts fi gi di princess: a dead crow, a ole wooden shoe widout di top, an some fucking mud. At di King's throne, three reporters an one editor stan up by each window. Dem write dung weh each a di many suitors dem seh, fi publish later. Di fireplace very hot, an each suitor get fail by di princess one by one. Both bredda dem stammer an fail fi impress di princess wid dem words. Den Blockhead-Hans come in riding him goat inna di royal hall, an mek remarks bout di heat. Di princess reply seh she a roast young roosters, meaning di suitors. "Dat gud man!" Blockhead-Hans ansa; "den mi can roast a crow wid dem," him tek out di dead crow. Di Princess approve an ask Blockhead if him also have someting fi cook it inna. Im produce di shoe, an call it "a cooking implement wid tin rings," an put di dead crow inna it. Di princess approve an ask weh di soup deh. Blockhead-Hans pour out di mud pan di crow. Shi like him an decide fi married him. Di princess tell him seh di reporters dem a write dung everyting him seh fi be published. Blockhead seh, "Den mi ago gi di edita mi bes," an throw mud inna di edita face. Blockhead-Hans married di princess an later become king.
>>25326683Big up yaself mi bredda!
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>>25326095>Almost all the great literary figures of the past were motivated by fame and money,Lol, no.Most writers of the past were monks, nobles or rich men with too much free time. It was a largely different profession from painters, sculptors or composers who had to live off commissions. It was rare for someone to commission a play or a novel, let alone a philosophical or scientific treatise, because writing lacks an abstract to material nuance prevalent in other arts. Even now, monetary gain from publishing works is minimal and most rich authors earn money from selling off their works to media companies It's retards like OP who know zero history that are the most opinionated.
