/pol/ - International /Pol/itics & /Bant/er

I've been seriously thinking about becoming a bestselling fantasy author so I can quit my job at Tescos.

I had a really bad argument with my manager yesterday. Fucking Paul wanted me to bring all the older milk cartons to the front of the shelves, but I told him I was meant to be on tills and that Katy should be stocking dairy. But Paul said Katy needed to go on her break so he made me do it, and it's just got me thinking I should bash out a few shitty novels so I can quit.

I haven't written much yet, mainly because of my job, and because I care about things like prose and characters.

Meanwhile you've got hacks like Sanderson publishing multiple books a year with simplistic, accessible prose, boringly satisfying plots and characters that have like, max, 3 or 4 layers to them. I could obviously do this too if I gave myself a lobotomy.

One concern I had is whether I'd be comfortable exploiting people like that. It feels morally repugnant to me to work out what millions of morons enjoy and just give it to them? How will they learn to elevate themselves intellectually if I do that?

I'm also not sure how I'd handle my name appearing on every second post in subreddits that develop a completely understandable hate-boner for my writing.

But I also really hate it at Tescos, none of my colleagues appreciate me. Paul especially pisses me off. He's exactly the kind of simpleton who would enjoy a Sanderson book.

Also, because of my job, I don't have the time to just sit around and write all day. If I could quit and write full time I could easily bash out a bunch of dross for the school-reading-age crowd to lap up. I once had a bank-holiday off, and wrote 400 words of world-building that was much better than Mistborn or whatever, so I'm pretty sure I could do it.

Anyway, I'd really like to spend more time expressing just how little I think of Brandon Sanderson's writing, but my break ended 10 minutes ago and fucking Katy is calling me on the tannoy so I have to wrap this up.

Does anyone have any advice on how to write Sanderson-level dross as an author whose tastes and sensibilities are vastly superior to the common "reader"?