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literature is always books, but books aren't always literature.

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>>8395323

I liked In Cold Blood but I could've stopped halfway through and gotten just as much out of it.

Intrusive thought

>>8395288
"Retarded"

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Logically, balanotraumatophobia.
Traumatophobia--fear of injury
Balanos-Ancient Greek for "acorn," term for penis head already used in medical words like balanitis.

You watch the Matrix

dont

>>8395295
i already did that, what's next?

>>8395313
but he seems different than all your typical 20th century postmodern French """thinkers"""
plus his topics are relevant to the current condition

It was a bit too personal to get into right or wrong.

Seems like a smart and thoughtful kid. I hope he's going places.

>>8395191
Intelligent and well-written analysis, kid did his research too. He knew how to work the system with the underprivileged sob story. As the first reply mentioned, we really can't say if it is right or wrong.

>>8395191
I am 18, Vietnamese. This essay, to me, is a slap in the face. Feel so dumb.

Kvothe

>>8395298
first post best post

i scored higher than anyone on the writing SAT test in my high school, i scored kinda high in my english classes with minimal effort when i did try, and those instances were very few and far between. (i failed the first semester of english senior year and had to redo it online as well as semester two simultaneously, i did one chapter myself and the teacher said my essay answers were some of the best she's read, but i paid my friend to do the rest of the class). the fossils of my writing are still there, the pieces remain, i think (and hope), but i have no substance to back it up. the blockage i can almost say is physical, it's like a prescence in my head, a weight that i dont want. it hurts.
for reference, alot of the lyrics i used to write were reminiscent of the artist Earl Sweatshirt, his style of writing; i mainly wrote songs, a couple short stories, and i desperately want to write more music and scripts and i can't and it kills me, its what i was good at. you knonw how they say everyone has something theyre good at, writing was mine.
i've noticed that what helped me a little (at least i hoped it did) was when i started reading a little bit of a book, more specifically lisey's story by steven king, i guess it brushed the part of me that's been destroyed
can anyone recommend me any literature thats gonna change the way i think, re-carve neural pathways that were on overdrive a few years ago? good books, or even books that give advice about this? im all out of options.
sorry if what i wrote was gay or boring or overdramatic, but ive been tossing and turning, i only slept for an hour and its the middle of the night and my head hurts like a bitch, and medicine isnt helping.
can anyone help?

bump, i need help

tl;dr

>>8395088
Who published you, or did you self publish? How many books have sold? How much money have you made? (minus any money you put into getting published).

Can you link us to any reviews of your work?

>>8395138
Apparently I've made over 1 million but I've only seen roughly $600,000. I'm published by a popular company that deals with extremely graphic and uncensored novels. Sold over 100,000 books.

I shall link reviews and my work depending on how good or bad this thread goes.

do you have a job?

>>8395073
Haven't read it yet but in light of two fairly commonly accepted axioms on lit:

1. Hong translated Kierkegaard is consistently excellent and by many considered to be the definitive translation
2. Penguin is iffy on translations of philosophy

I would go for the two volume Hong translation from Princeton unless money is an issue (Hong is 2 volumes totaling ~$60).

>>8395322
Both are on libgen I think.

>>8395073
Learn Danish as Rilke did, you filthy plebeian.

>>8395013
spits

>>8395017
What?

What happened the YaleCourses lecture on YouTube if you can't even finish without feeling like "Am I getting it."

>>8394896
accurate science and likable characters. can kinda drag, but take that part with a grain of salt. had to speed read this in four days for school.

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Read it in one sitting after a school dinner last year. Surprisingly enjoyable - Sounds odd, but I got the same kind of feeling in the transition and progression as when I read C&P.

>>8394896
Reddit-core quippy meme shit

Depends on the type of reading, usually ambience.

>>8394869
I just put any youtube video with tibetan bowls or bells, overlapping a Ferrari F430 engine sound

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Enjoy your ADHD

Light novels.

Anything from the writers from cracked.com

>>8394857
tha girl is cute but her neck looks ultra fucked up. Needa work on them posturing and i'd tap in a lungbeat.

Nietzsche, not even joking

>Human Unity
Just another flavor of nationalism

>>8394819
Marx, not even joking

>>8394810
>lecturers always describe it as "the original bromance" or "buddy cop movie"
ARRGHH

>>8394810
>implying cave painting shitposts aren't the superior form of literature

>>8394810
It is a mediocre action film at best.

>>8394763
No, even if you mean how they make chicken nuggets, "reconsituted" is closer.
If you mean cut it into parts like in pic, "section" is the word you're looking for, despite its other connotations.

>>8394763
Yeah idiots do lots of stupid stuff like that

>>8394763
No now go away