Which authors hit "rock bottom" /lit/, particularly before they had anything published?
I can think of:
Houellebecq
>wife divorced him, then was unemployed and in and out of mental institutions
Walser
>poor and then institutionalized
>>8122500
wilde
Which authors languished in unfulfilled mediocrity forever?
Donald Ray Pollock did manual labor until he turned 50, then he pulled himself together and started studying english at university and writing short stories
>>8122500
Myself
>dumped by love of life
>became alcoholic
>lost job
>car stolen
>evicted from home
>dropped out of university
But I won't be published for about another two years.
>>8122680
You, apparently.
rowling wrote harry potter on napkins :^)
>>8122906
>love of life while still in university
My dad and his first wife were together from age 13-35 when she died from cancer. He found another 'love of his life'.
Pseudoromantic masochism is the number one cause of suffering in the youth of 1st world countries.
>>8122964
She had some big tiddies tho
>>8122500
Walser was well-off and famous.. he wasnt institutionalized til the end of his life...
Henry Miller
Frederick Exley
Kerouac was a bit of a fuck up - mom and dad would take him in from time to time or send money
