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>>9386187
There's actually great thought done by POC and WOC academics on White Privilege, but old misses Peggy gets the credit. Guess why?

>>9386197
show me it

>>9386187
bad bait. just read W.E.B DuBois or Frantz Fanon.

I'll read it, and in addition to just giving a judgment, I will explain that judgment. :)

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> Sipping on a glass of boxed wine and rolling a spliff around in his fingers, Harold Roubleberg prepares himself for Crenshaw University's second annual Culturefest by getting, in his own words, "Completely fucked up." Looking around the dorm room, sees Justin Jams, Albert Beckett, and Mark Hoffeltroff - best friends for the past year and half of school, all transferred in as Juniors to be part of Crenshaw's first graduating class, see themselves at the forefront of a-um-uh, a Cultural Revolution!
> "Crenshaw University. . . committed to refurbishing -er waz it remodeling?- young people into global citizens." Mission statement of the school, Harold thinks about components of the speech he is going to give at commencement next month, televised; he had given the best impromptu speech at a tryout just three weeks- hold on, mission statement, speech- Yes! Yessir! He was going to be Crenshaw's first commencement speaker, a-and his speech was going to be televised! Crenshaw had only opened two years ago after making enough money from a crowd-funding effort aimed at reforming higher education in United America, new name comes from a rebranding effort, and the passage of the 28th Amendment, repealing and replacing the 10th. It read something like- Harold! - ??
> "Harold!"

>>9386100
Is this supposed to be ironic? Or are you really just this /pol/?

A piece of trash is still a piece of trash if you cross borders with it

>>9386077
Just learn Russian

>>9386077
Just don't read The Brothers Karamazov and you'll be fine.

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Kek

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A Little Cloud was the one that got me

>>9386065
I thought it was more ironic than sad. The characterization of the main character is fucking phenomenal though, he is somewhat sympathetic but we still get a sense of how static he is, and his "intellectual" stasis causing the woman's death. It's really something I know a lot of people have seen but few have been able to express.

>>9386016
>not using books as a way to give your life enough meaning and prolong your suicide

I'm the last one, but I only engage with girls in my imagination

I think the last two should be
being illiterate
and
being an arrangement of virtual particles that coincidentally appears to be a human whenever observed

You don't need a collection. You only need to read his Essay Concerning Human Understanding (which is long) and his two Treatsies. You can also read his Letter Concerning Toleration if you want. But that's everything.

don't waste your time

>>9386010
is there anything that has all of these?

>>9385880
/lit/ = redpill, capitalism, Christ, female virginity, white superiority

Which of these do Russian bands share with us?

>>9385886

Fuck off to /pol/. And I mean this as a staunch Donald Trump supporter. You're not going to fuck up my thread about the lyricism of Russian bands.

>>9385886
you're dumb

>>9385863
No. Too early. Finish a first draft. I can tell you if you have a good opening or not, but not a good story, and you'll be revising the first chapter after you finish the rough draft anyway, I hope. You'd be better off just posting the logline so I can judge the premise, protagonist, and title.

Post the first paragraph, we'll see from there if my incredibly precious time could be alloted further

>>9385890

Ok I understand.

I can post the first chapter(about 900 words) and then what I had in mind for the rest, I dont know with a "first draft" is(not native english speaker please forgive), because the first chapter is just an epilogue or rather little background to the main story, the first chapter takes place 20 years before second chapter if you understand.

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Good finding

Never heard of this podcast before, will have to check it out.

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Bump

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>>9385825
lmao

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>>9385741
>reading for
>reading
>

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>make pleb lists

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Use ereaders or mac pads

Iliad's shorter, get it out of the way.

>>9385688
why is jesus bear wearing glasses

>>9385694
And not nearly as boring as the Bible

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>bed, lunch, train, bus
>when there's nothing new on the internet
>until I have something else to do
>Mirror's Edge soundtrack (the nice ones) or my 3 hour loop of THE THEME on the Trinity Seven OST

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I like to read for an hour before bed, sipping some Sleepytime tea. Sometimes I'll listen to the Eve Online soundtrack or futurebeats.

Maximum comfy.

parks, coffee shops, bed, bath, anywhere
i am a jobless literature student though, so all day
2 hours a day minimum. if i have a lot of reading to do for uni i might read for 5 hours.
just no distractions. i used to be really good at blocking out background noise, but lately i always focus on background conversations to frustrate myself. annoying cycle where it keeps getting worse.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/mar/04/what-writers-really-do-when-they-write

>>9385651
There's no proper way to write, is the thing. Some writers take ages to properly structure out their stories ahead of time, others just start putting shit on the paper and worry about the fine details later. Find what feels natural for you, if you're a massive autist, there's no shame in taking a ton of time to just plan things meticulously. Aside from that, here's some things you should do when writing..

Characters: Make up a character backstory for them, even if it won't be in the finished product. Giving every character an origin will help you make sure that they're consistent and "human."

Whenever a character does something, ask yourself, "Would they really do this? Is there a more practical way they'd go about it? Is this realistically in their capabilities?"

When a character says something, ask yourself, "is this how people talk? If I were talking to this person, would I be interested in what they're saying?" Avoid as much drivel as possible, of course, some characters can be written to be boring or understated. Know what your tone is, and what's effective.

Whenever something happens in the plot, ask yourself, "Why did this happen? Why wouldn't this happen? Does this contradict anything I've said before?"

Work from there. Consistency really is the key in my opinion.

try mindfulness

>>9385633
What does the 'why' have to do with it? Either you enjoy Wallace's stylistic choices or you don't.

>>9385633
He felt it made him look smarter, which was extremely important to him because he was deeply insecure about his intelligence. He lied to others about his SAT scores, got into Amherst through his father rather than any academic ability, spent pages and pages on superfluous and often incorrect mathematical and chemical detail in his failed attempt at a novel, Infinite Jest, flunked out of grad school, and spent an enormous amount of time trying to convince himself he was smart. Eventually he killed himself because deep down he knew he was a pretentious fraud and not the genius he sold himself as.

>>9385633
think of it as a "saturation" of the text, the details have a realism that becomes almost insistant in that postmoderny way and the stories seem to chase their own implications so far that any interpretation you have has to be a little more subtle