steeple333:mister-smalls:If you ever feel bad about your own writing, just remember that one of...

steeple333:

mister-smalls:

If you ever feel bad about your own writing, just remember that one of the world’s most well-known works of classic literature is self-insert fanfiction where the author hangs out with his favorite poet and is guided on his journey of discovery by a Manic Pixie Dream Girl version of a woman he met twice.

also where all his enemies are tormented in hell

I had to repost this here, because, well. It’s Dante. It’s Inferno. And that description is really spot on.