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Tao Lin kills himself.

kek

and get bumps on their heads from walking into a bar

and they get shot by a Muslim.

I cannot stop memeing. All day long it is memes. Whenever I try to read literature, my hands just subconsciously pick up my phone and then before I know it I'm memeing again

>>8325815
He is really good.You should start with The sailor who fell from grace with the sea and then read whatever you want.The sea of fertility tetralogy is his mangum opus.

>>8325815
temple of the golden pavilion is pretty good choice if you just had to read just one of his books

>>8325715
Gimme your email address and we can write a book simulating our friendship

Your diary desu ?

Harry Potter.
Which is sort of saddening. I haven't read anything since I read HP in elementary that made it feel like I had friends.

Your life.

>>8325612
lmao
good one

my diary desu familia

>>8325612
thank you
>>8325614
thank you

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Anything lyric-heavy or too beat-heavy trends to distract me and makes me lose focus
Pic related is nice and ambient

Ill start i guess
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x0-EYfwP-c

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anyone else listen to jazz and ASMR while reading?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMnrl0tmd3k

I mever understood why most characters in ya novels/kidss books where pieces of shit

>>8325478
because teenagers are pieces of shit. the authors are trying to make their characters relatable to their audience

>>8325478
I believe the author does this very obviously so that a kid can look at the subject and say "man, I do not want to be this guy."

once you pop you just can't stop

>>8325343
> i probably just didn't liked the useless plot complication that led nowhere
Pinecone is not for you then

>>8325343
Someone post that one anon's theory of Lot 49.

>>8325424
yeah, please

The Tao that can be named is not the true Tao

>>8325904
eyeroll

Have you tried Dudeism?

>>8325166
send me some

>>8325197

Have you ever taken it?

>>8325166
yep.
http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?82150-The-Laundromat&highlight=

Houellebecq?

>>8324936
Why would you want a conservative view?

first on the right and middle on the left most qt

>>8324758
Are you philogynistic, OP?

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>>8324786

you best believe it

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>>8324802
Nice :3

Maybe focus on your first non existent book before worrying about the second

Why all ideas looks good in mind but when it comes to writing you are standing before blank page for minutes. It may be problem with lack of "warm-up" i always feel my writing is better after hour of struggling with every sentence.Same story every day

>>8324594
fpbp
>>8324587
you'll get your idea the same that you got the first. Life, other media, creativity, etc.
Try poetry or a memoir or nonfiction writing

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What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers

or pic related

hoffman - steal this book

You should read that justly famous essay by Emerson on the subject of "Self-Reliance".

My plants

When I publish my poetry collection, I will dedicate it to Frederick, an imaginary character in my head who is basically my very personal Diogenes. He keeps me on the right path.

My sweet naughty little Nora