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>Washington Irving was praised by Byron and Dickens
>Tolkien changed the way people interpret Beowulf and invented his own language
What went wrong for the fantasy genre?
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women
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>>9158013
Everyone got lazy and started copying Tolkien. I also blame D&D.
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Fantasy readers
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My friend (pictured) came over and decided to write some things on my computer. For the sake of posterity I give this to you.
working with the computer i shall type out a sentence that shall later be referred to as the initial sentence with the bumping into of Stu and Cades Computer.. dun dun dun
there is so much black ink on this piece of paper i could keep writing and writing untill the ink bleeds out into a man that can do anything answer anything, and morph into anything. He can also go anywhere. inter dimensionally and catastrophically dense AS HE IS THE BIGGEST PARTICLE ON EARTH. GOD > ALLAH KRSNA JEHOVA AND HE IS INFINITELY SMALL.
to be infinitely dense and uncuttable because you are very sharp. I also have laser beams coming out of my eyes. to be forthright and stunning i shall now shine a flashlight into them. making my pupils small miuhahahahahahaha when actuality i am splitting particles all the time. in the divine ether. making black holes out of pure shit bricks then dissecting them into a sort of smokeable hash that would fill you up full of bullshit. the kind of bullshit that you can actually smell. like the veil behind reality into the black nothingness birth of creation . like the filter just got fucking smashed. and somehow krishna appears and takes a giant dump like pow bitch i just don't wanna get eaten by the great blackness. I don't want to become shit. I feel terrible now. All i do is eat grass and poop. MOOOOOOOOO> thats what i want you to do. Does anyone want to edit this shit?
COMPUTER hello you must find god. dun dun dun I don't know how you just typed all of that computer. IN fact you are slowly leaking into my mind as i read this and now i don't know what to do suddenly i must have made some kind of asr0ligical connection between Cades computer and myy voice of black ink. Mostly tar and right now marlboro shooting into your veins like cannon balls of sweet seed maps. sweet seed maps telling you whats up like blueprints to your dimension. coalescing it from the ever hanging vapor of consciousness that hangs over our heads. constantly just FUCKING us. isn't your god your lover? part of your lover well go fuck god. if you have eno lover you can still go pick a plant and rub it on your cock and go into extra dimensional states of pain that will unleash your mind into different realms of reality.
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ok. ok. wow. just... ok. tell your edgy friend to never come over again, he's fucking insane. this is why smart people are antisocial and stupid people like you two fluid bond
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>>9157915
You and your friend should take turns into butt fucking each other.
I'm out. Peace.
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>>9157926
What? You're too busy reading Proust gush over the spring time to enjoy some top notch schizophrenic shit?
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Meditation and Writing 2017-02-25 11:27:18 Post No.9157724
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Do you guys ever meditate to help your creativity or writing?
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>>9157724
No, never have. But that doesn't sound like a bad idea. How do you meditate, OP?
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No, cause I'm not a fucktard who buys into new age crap
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>>9157724
I don't "meditate", but I do try to be in a calm and collected mood when writing. This is probably enough. If you need candles or mantras or yoga poses to get focused, then do whatever works for you dog.
I think the big mistake people make about meditation is that it is something special. It's just about getting yourself in the right mood. Conversely, other people make the mistake of thinking meditation is nothing special, and therefore dismiss it.
Don't get caught in either of these traps. If you want to get anything done, try to be calm and focused. This goes for writing as much as auto mechanics or archery or w/e the fuck you're doing.
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Who else has taken the Gar Pill? 2017-02-25 11:10:31 Post No.9157629
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Who else has taken the Gar Pill?
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>tfw you laugh every time you see old Garfield
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>>9157629
>'le forced meme' meme
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What are some recommended books to fully understand the pipe strip?
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ITT: we post books for mentally disabled people
I'll start
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lmao
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>>9157567
Reminder to sage and report spam threads.
You've already posted this thread a couple of times. Kill yourself already
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Jean Baudrillard
a French sociologist, philosopher, cultural theorist, political commentator, and photographer. He is best known for his analyses of media, contemporary culture, and technological communication, as well as his formulation of concepts such as simulation and hyperreality. He wrote about diverse subjects, including consumerism, gender relations, economics, social history, art, Western foreign policy, and popular culture
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I just write as a hobby but out of nowhere a person I know gave me 3 short histories to read. I never wrote a literary criticism before and I have no idea how to start. Read the Varieties of Criticism article on Wikipedia and I plan trying to explain what I liked/dislike on the histories. I know shit about literary theory so I can't do much.
Now I ask you /lit/, any tips on how to proceed and make my review minimaly useful for the author?
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if someone gives you something to read, that means they want you to read it. not critique it. you don't even need to know literary theory to explain why you did or didn't like it.
when you say "three short histories", was that autocorrect for "three short stories"? if it was, then tell your friend that giving someone a short story and asking for a critique is like blowing a load of semen in their face and asking them how salty it tasted.
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Sorry my english is very bad. So if I can't help him by criticizing then what do I do? I don't have a 100k Instagram account to help with marketing.
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>>9157515
I find myself having the same problem, it seems that no matter how much I read, I'm usually unable to find anything to critquice or analyze in the books I read.
It could just be that im too complacent but having my opinion boil down to "I enjoyed it" and "I didnt enjoy it" makes me feel quite idiotic.
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Which is better for getting into Nietzsche; Beyond Good and Evil, or Thus Spoke Zarathustra?
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the former
Zarathustra is his most difficult work
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>>9157390
Thank you.
Why is it his most difficult?
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>>9157382
Beyond Good and Evil for sure. The chronology of when he wrote his books matters, he has a very clear development throughout.
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I'm trying to write a book in the narrative of a suicidal girl who wants to kill herself. I'm just a bit lost on how she's going to do it and how she could do it in a way her body would not be found too easily. I don't want her to use any medication to get the job done. Any ideas?
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your bedroom, OP. No girls to be found there
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>>9157298
Instead you should write a book where the girl kills herself in the first chapter and the rest of the book is from the point of view of the mortician which has sexual relations with her dead body dozens of times in the 2 days he has her body. The book will end with him killing himself and them meeting in hell and falling in love.
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>>9157318
Great idea. Maybe after I figure out how to kill her and the only other thing I actually asked help for.
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any good novels where the action takes place in a football environment?
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Catcher in the football stadium
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>>9157251
by Zinedine Salinger
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Plenty of mangas revolving about footy
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>start writing a poem
>naturally start rhyming every word
>end up with nonsensical verse with made rhyme scheme
has rap ruined my ability to write poetry?
how to stop this?
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>>9157211
the redpill
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>>9157211
expose yourself to poetry in your language that you wish to emulate. you exposed yourself to rap, so you rapped.
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>>9157211
just change your rhythm/rhyme.
unless you're writing prose poetry is always musical.
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Is the only way to improve reading comprehension, speed and focus to read more? My attention is so fucked up from years of television, internet, video games and porn. I'm quitting all of those and reading, how long before my mind readjusts?
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>>9157162
take the redpill, cuck
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>>9157162
Pretty much, but if you're already reading at a decent pace (at about the speed you can talk) then you could try speedreading. google spreeder and follow their instructions. It can help some people.
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yea just read more lol
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3 PERFECTIONs is a gathering of poets, calligraphers and painters to create an artwork.
=(common and derived from/in) ancient China.=
Poet's go first, contribute your most meaningful poem, the one you are scared to share, the one you are embarrassed by, the one that has a personal memory tied to it. Professionalism is a bonus, but not necessary.
talent appreciated, but not necessary.
/lit/ will select which poems should be worthy of moving onto stage 2.
stage 2 is /gd/ critique, which will be linked in a future post.
stage 3 is /ic/critique which will be linked in a future post.
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If I ever fall
You will not find me
Lying on the streets or
Decaying in the gutter
No, I
Will fall into a hole
That has no bottom
From which no sound can escape
And you will not find me
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Do you sometimes fantasize about what you'll be known for when you become a super famous author?
Weird quirks that people always ask you about in your fantasy prime time interviews?
One of mine is that my main characters always have a name that starts with E. Why? Who fuckin' knows.
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>>9156694
I do fantasize about being a rich author someday, but I don't really think about interviews.
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>>9156722
But that's the best part
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>>9156828
Pleb. You should only write to facilitate your own intellectual growth.
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how do i read if i have adhd 2017-02-25 06:27:02 Post No.9156364
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how do i read if i have adhd
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>23
>adhd
>writer
>cant fucking read a page of a book without squirrel
>GED
is there a point to reading on adderall or the like or will i not retain any of it because i typically just cant be fucked to sit down and read but i would like to write my own literature and have it not turn out into a cryptic series of heiroglyphs that translate into some moon rune shit
what do i do
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you sound retarded, id delete this thread
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>>9156376
i bet i write better than u do
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hey mac
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In three sentences, describe the life of a character in a book you have read. Others will try to guess the character and book.
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he suffers. stops suffering for awhile, but goes back to it. then gets the blacked girl.
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Promising young man. Visits his cousin. Becomes NEET
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I only need one
>he's a cuck