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They say that the first sentence is the most important. It draws the reader in and sets the mood. With that in mind, let's see your first sentence.
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bugs.. easy on the carrots
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/thread
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Gerald began – but was interrupted by a piercing whistle which cost him ten percent of his hearing permanently, as it did everyone else in a ten-mile radius of the eruption, not that it mattered much because for them “permanently” meant the next ten minutes or so until buried by searing lava or suffocated by choking ash – to pee.
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Will reciprocate
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Is this an engaging opening line; and is the emdash the most appropriate form of punctuation where it's used? Or should it be a colon or comma?
>I'll never forget the first time she walked past me in the Starbucks on Glen--that soft brush of air stirred by her movement carrying with it the faint aroma of lavender mixed with embalming fluid.
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>>9887729
I don't understand the purpose. Perhaps some of your exaggerated details are important or cursory; I can't tell though. Specifically the keen attention to the old man's skin. Format wise, it reads fair enough, kept me engaged--if not out of curiosity, and was grammatically sound.
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Ok /lit/ I've come to you in a moment of desperation . As a guy who never really had a strong father figure what books can you recommend that will teach me to be a man ?
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Try Hadji Murat
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My dad was in jail growing up.
I'm not a fan of moralistic fiction or self help. Become friends with an older dude. Someone who has their shit together. Ask them for advice from time to time. Don't go to people your own age for this sort of thing. Struggle is character building and help those who are weaker than yourself. Learn to enjoy work and stand up for yourself. Lifting weights and enjoying your own company will aid you in life. Read books too.
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>>9913542
Ronald MacDonald
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What created God?
>muh first cause is god
But why?
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read Descartes and use "search" option. Sage
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God is outside of our perception of time and space. None of our laws or rules apply to him.
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What created mathematical objects?
Checkmate atheists
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holy shit. how is it possible for a marxist to read this and remain a marxist? is it even possible?
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>>9909995
what happened in the soviet union wasn't real marxism, retard
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>>9910000
br8 b8 m8
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>>9910000
>my special unique brand of communism has never been tried before
Your anarcho syndicalism free communitarian liberation movement is totes what Marx meant and everyone else had it wrong before you. You're commie Jesus here to provide all good socialists with their cummie state anon.
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Can I get a quick rundown?
Fourth Political Theory is on BookDepository and Dugin is becoming the new flavour of the month.
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Insane Russian "political philosopher" who believes that Russia is destined to become the master of "Eurasia" due to geography
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It's a great book about many different things, including contemporary geopolitical theory.
His arguments are interesting and his work is quite relevant if you want to understand what's going on with russian geopolitical aims and the political state of the world from the russian perspective.
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1st PT: Liberalism--totally sucks, must be eradicated from planet at all costs
2nd PT: Communism--failed
3rd PT: Fascism--pretty good, but failed
4th PT: ???--let's rebuild fascism and fix all the mistakes it made so it doesn't fail this time
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Just finished this today. Can we discuss?
I initially thought that the Cain and Abel allegory was far too heavy handed until I reflected on the heart of the book, the Sam/Adam/Lee conversation in which Cain and Abel is read verbatim from Genesis.
It is remarked how short the story is, when meanwhile it has had an enormous effect upon humanity. I think Steinbeck included this line as a way of telling the reader that East of Eden wasn't just allegory to Genesis. East of Eden is a direct accounting of the epic story of Cain and Abel, with all the details fleshed out.
That makes the end of the book far more profound, with Adam taking up the literal mantle of God, Caleb praying to Adam, Lee interceding to God on Caleb's behalf, God/Adam responding 'thou mayest' as to whether Caleb may overcome his sin and find favor again with Adam.
That ending scene is the biblical version condensed, and the entire novel leading up to it was the 'extended cut,' for lack of a better term.
What a ride.
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I got about 3/4 of the way through and then my book vanished. I think it was really well written but I don't feel like I need to finish it. I haven't read the bible either so all the Cain/Able stuff is lost on me.
What the fuck was his wife's problem??
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micey men is the only steinbeck i've read and even that was in highschool. what should I read East of Eden or Grapes of Wrath?
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>what the fuck was his wife's problem?
Cathy probably suffered from antisocial personality disorder. But more importantly, Steinbeck clearly used her as an incarnation of pure evil/Satan to test Adam.
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I've had this idea for a webcomic I've always wanted to write since I was a kid, but because I used to suck at writing, I planned to make it in book form. It's kinda shit, but actiony and epic, and I spent years refining it and making it less shit. We'll call it Ori, because those letters aren't anywhere in its name.
I started writing fanfic to practice writing and get a fan following. Practice helps, even though I'm unnoticed by every fandom I write for.
Anyway, while planning out my next big fanfic, I notice the protagonists I'm writing for a Persona 6 fanfic are far deeper than any of the characters in Ori, the protagonists included.
What do?
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I'm sorry but fanfiction is not allowed on this board. If you want help fleshing out your characters for abcdefghjklmnpqstuvwxyz then you'll have to do it another way or elsewhere.
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I'm asking for advice making my Ori story better, and advice regarding what I should do with this information. Not the fanfic. I'm not even sure if I'll bother with the fanfic.
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>>9914245
Fucking christ.
>I've had this idea for a webcomic I've always wanted to write since I was a kid, but because I used to suck at ART, I planned to make it in book form.
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>anons post the form they wish to write in (prose, poetry, sonnet, etc.)
>other anons then give prompts to above posters.shitpost replies are, of course, optional
>complete given prompts in 30 min or less, then post (or not).You know you aren't doing anything better; might as well up your word count today.
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Hell, why not. I'll write a couple flash fiction for the first 2/3 decent, non shitpost prompts you guys come up with
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>>9914185
I'll give ya one:
>being unexpectedly and bitterly betrayed by your lifelong, best friend
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>>9914185
Or, if you're a naturalist as myself:
>watching a distant supercell approach from the distance during sunset
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What books do I read to be like him?
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>>9913995
Paranoid-Schizophrenia: A brief introduction
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>>9913998
This
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>>9913995
Atlas Shrugged will turn you into a pompous libertarian for sure
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oh wise /lit/ wizards, what are your favorite books about spirituality, mysticism, and the occult with a focus on ancient European religions/paganism?
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>>9913822
None, go read the Bible buttfucking heathen
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>>9913840
cum gobblers btfo
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>>9913822
>he actually believes in the Bible
>he isn't just interested in ancient religions for historical and cultural context
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Recommended reading for someone starting a mechanical engineering degree next year ?
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>>9913723
Wat
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About to read this. Never read any Philip K.Dick book before, what should I expect? Is this a good start?
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>>9913646
Why do these silly edits always get a laugh out of me? I've seen them countless times since the original thread.
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I'm reading it and enjoy it, though the alternative history is extremely stupid, but that's not so much what the book is about.
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>finally understand Heidegger
>finally appreciate how truly groundbreaking Being and Time was
>agree more or less that Heidegger has re-opened the question of Being for the first time since the Greeks
>excited for his turn to the pre-Socratics
>excited to read a full century of post-Heideggerian philosophy, the first free and open philosophy in thousands of years, the actual achievement of Hegel's moment of self-consciousness
>look into what Heidegger wrote after the 30s
>look into every other post-Heidegger philosophy
>everything is retarded ethics and aesthetics
>a full century of listless bourgeois babbies who took fundamental ontology as a license to be indolent bohemian faggots and Huysmanian post-ironic aesthetes
>I could be reading the Aristotle to Heidegger's Plato right now
>instead I'm wikipediaing Rorty's 15th book about how he's depressed and enjoyed reading Nietzsche and something something political liberalism and hey did you know I've read Proust
>go check on the analytics
>they're so far behind they don't even understand Kant
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Are you familiar with the works of Kevin Macdonald?
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>>9913412
>implying you understand even 5% of Hegel
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Tell me more anon
What is it about Heidegger that's so fundamentally different
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Why shouldn't I, as a traditionalist, want this man blotted out?
Why shouldn't I treat him as the ultimate enemy and wish him totally undone? His name should be torn from books. All his writings should be burned. He should be declared an unperson, and all his teachings forbidden. He should be torn out of the world, and labeled as less than a man. It would be only just.
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>>9913263
kys
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>>9913263
dawww did gayaids hurt your precious little trad feelings :(
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