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It's impossible to create your own values.

>>8784508
Implying that there's only one.

He's a spook

>>8784501

Because it's filled with great stories that are beautifuly told.

I think by now if you don't find joy in story telling, then you probably never will.

Why do you need a reason?

As a writer even I can admit film does what we do better and it's really come into its own the past twenty years. Though there's equally no reason you should watch film.

You only should if you want to. There's nothing wrong with you if you don't.

>>8784507
>film does what we do better
you must be a really terrible writer

>>8784471
He's great but his long winded political correctness rants are a real drag, and that's coming from a feminist progressive. But on the whole he's golden. His book was excellent and it felt damn good when he had more or less the exact same opinion as me on Black Mirror and Stranger Things.
Wish he had a button on his site to switch it to regular casing.

>>8784523
What might those opinions be?

>>8784567
that Stranger Things has character motivation problems out the ass, and umbrage with Black Mirror's thematic concepts if I had to guess, based on the content of those editorials

>>8784314

>it's everyone else's fault that no one cares to read my confessional sadomasochistic drivel.

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>>8784314
Yes, I've been writing for years, both freelance articles and short fiction. So I've been published.

Thing is, I've had a hard time finding people in my everyday life who are interested in my writing. Family, friends, they all say, "that's nice" and move on.

I assume I'm just surrounded by illiterates. I need better friends and family.

>>8784314
>someone who's willing to read the hardest part of all this?
Yes sadly. My ex used to critique my writings and then she left me. I don't think now i can go back to writing without instant feedback daily.

>>8784293
Top tip: stop wasting your time on anime discussion sites and actually read

>>8784305
Posting on 4chan doesn't mean you watch anime friendo. My reading speed is probably about 200wpm but I really want to improve it for my reading.

Try "10 days to faster reading" - Abby Marks-Beale. Works for me.

>>8784215
>>>/r9k/

>>8784215
Ugly people become ressentiment fueled losers who spend their time on tumblr, /r9k/, /pol/, and /leftypol/.

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>>8784224
>>8784226

Ok, is there any worthwhile books(!) on this topic?

>>8784099

Start with Hamlet. If you ever feel like he's being tricky with some highfalutin philosophical contortions and you want to know what he's getting at, Google a reference.

>>8784099

in a way, infinite jest contains most of the greeks. apart from Plato. you'll need to read him separately for obvious reasons

>>8784099
A dictionary would be a safe alternative.

>>8784079
>monster
>not coffee

>>8784079
the underground man

>>8784079
Yes,

Tonstant Weader fwowed up.

>>8784049
It's globalist propaganda

>>8784049
Its globalist kike propaganda, desu.

>>8784048
in general, be more likeable and friendly towards them. everyone is biased towards people they like.

but i also think it's really unlikely that 8+ grades were taken away 'arbitrarily'. maybe you just dont understand the errors? or perhaps you're refusing to accept them?

>>8784048
you seem like a faggot maybe they hate faggots

>>8784073
In Holland we use grades on a scale 1-10. No matter how much I work I get an 8. Grades are rounded down and up. Eg. a 8,5 is graded a 9. Getting a 9 or a 10 seems impossible due to arbitrary grading. I have gotten 9's and 10's but mostly BS 8's.

>>8783941
this is /lit/. we only do philosophy.

>>8783941
MY

>>8783941
What discipline? Science is too vast for modern discoveries to be truncated into a single book without losing massive amounts of content. Any single serious scientific exploration requires an entire book to fully elucidate, so even if one were to read the equivalent to "modern biological discoveries for dummies" all nuance would be lost, and you would be left with a reduction of content less useful than a day's worth of wikipedia-chaining the field.

>>8783851
>be me as a kid
>booming imagination, can conjure images and concepts almost effortlessly and write for hours on end

>be me now
>it takes half an hour to come up with a good phrase

Feels bad, man

I never imagined reading is supposed to improve your visualisation. All I see is letters, meaning play and rhythm.

>>8783896

Don't you visualize while you read? No imaginary pictures in your head while reading a story?
In that case you might have aphantasia

>>8783787
Proto-existentialists like Kafka, Dostoyevsky, and Kierkegaard.

You should be familiar with some Greek philosophy. Aristotle's metaphysics and the like

>>8783787
Being and nothingness is a response to heidegger

>>8783787
start with the greeks

richard dawkins invented the term "meme" and wrote on the concept. god i love that man.

Self-proclaimed "internet enthusiasts" that browse their own sub-reddits do not meet the proper qualifications to write entire novels about memes.

Yes, OP. Dozens of these books exist out there. None are worth a dime.

>>8783728
/lit/erally lurk more faggit

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>He doesn't actually understand anything he's ever read

I bet you haven't read the Bible either

>>8783742
Why can't you understand anything if you haven't read the greeks? Are you sure that everyone who wrote a decent book has read the greeks? Just asking, haven't read the greeks, and I'm not sure how it will help me understand other books.

>he makes condescending frogposts about people who have read books
Episk saga