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How can I learn to write prose like a professional? I'm willing to put in the effort it takes. I have a novella outlined out but I don't think I have the skills to do it well.
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nigga is u dumb
how do you learn to fight like an MMA fighter? how do you learn to drive a car? how do you learn mathematics?
nigga u practise
u start out shit, but u practise everyday senpai
then we all gon make it
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>>8082162
>nigga is u dumb
>how do you learn to fight like an MMA fighter? how do you learn to drive a car? how do you learn mathematics?
>nigga u practise
>u start out shit, but u practise everyday senpai
>then we all gon make it
this. Ironically this post is prose, it's authentic and truthful.
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>>8082152
Read more, live more, write more.
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FAMOUS WRITERS IN OPEN LETTER: NO TO TRUMP 2016-05-25 11:46:38 Post No.8082138
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FAMOUS WRITERS IN OPEN LETTER: NO TO TRUMP
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2016-05-25 11:46:38
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Includes
>Stephen King
>Amy Tan
>Daniel Handler
>etc.
>AN OPEN LETTER TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
https://archive.is/xxIDe
Because, as writers, we are particularly aware of the many ways that language can be abused in the name of power;
Because we believe that any democracy worthy of the name rests on pluralism, welcomes principled disagreement, and achieves consensus through reasoned debate;
Because American history, despite periods of nativism and bigotry, has from the first been a grand experiment in bringing people of different backgrounds together, not pitting them against one another;
Because the history of dictatorship is the history of manipulation and division, demagoguery and lies;
Because the search for justice is predicated on a respect for the truth;
Because we believe that knowledge, experience, flexibility, and historical awareness are indispensable in a leader;
Because neither wealth nor celebrity qualifies anyone to speak for the United States, to lead its military, to maintain its alliances, or to represent its people;
Because the rise of a political candidate who deliberately appeals to the basest and most violent elements in society, who encourages aggression among his followers, shouts down opponents, intimidates dissenters, and denigrates women and minorities, demands, from each of us, an immediate and forceful response;
For all these reasons, we, the undersigned, as a matter of conscience, oppose, unequivocally, the candidacy of Donald J. Trump for the Presidency of the United States.
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fucking wankers
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>>8082138
These bourgeoisie fucks are really getting desperate.
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I'm actually terrified of Trump winning. As a male writer, I value things like equality and beauty, people like Trump will likely cause a new wave of "old" (aka fucking toxic) masculinity to return.
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so when are emoticons going to replace tiring and excessively long description?
just imagine some realist novel with emoticons in it
>dimitri felt saddened, and within a fraction of time he was on his knees crying :'(
like just replace useless stuff with emoticons. it also adds some kind of tragedy
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you're living in the past, friend
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>>8082126
>like just replace useless stuff with emoticons. it also adds some kind of tragedy
no
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>>8082133
no that stuff is just teenagebait. I'm talking about adding pre emoji emoticons to convey something
ie. : to be or not to be-that is the question :/
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Why is literature meaningful? Is there more than philosophical/sociological/psycological content to literature? Sometimes I feel like literature just hides and confuses themes of other disciplines under the beauty of language and the triggering of emotions. So, is there something deeper other than language handicraft and emotion in literature that is not stolen from other subjects?
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>meaning
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>Is there more than philosophical/sociological/psycological content to literature?
That isn't enough for you, little snowflake?
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>>8082033
I mean, then why not reading directly philosophy/psychology/...?
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Who was in the right here?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wfNl2L0Gf8
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>>8081993
Me, 'cause I never watched this dumb documentary lol
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Both. They didn't really reply to each other.
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>>8081993
Was it a deliberate attempt to distract Foucault?
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What's the proper /lit/ order to go through The Bible?
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>>8081961
1.) Open the book
2.) Realize that you have made a mistake
3.) try to return book
4.) ???
5.) Suicide
There ya go friendo
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>>8081961
In order.
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I'd say start with page one, maybe page two afterwards.
just dont read page three before you've read the other two.
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It seems really interesting. What should I expect?
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The third greatest masterpiece of 20th century prose.
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>>8081783
Nabokov, is this you?
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One of my top 10 books of all time. Nabokov praises it as one of the great modernist masterpieces he's read. I enjoyed it a lot. It's one of the few novels I've read more than once.
Are there any books about heart break and suicide?
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hmmmmm.....let me check.....
yes.
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Fuck you faggots
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>>8081725
Well now we are getting somewhere a book about faggots, heart break, and suicide...Openly Straight by Bill Konigsburg
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>I think I would know Nora's fart anywhere. I think I could pick hers out in a roomful of farting women. It is a rather girlish noise not like the wet windy fart which I imagine fat wives have. It is sudden and dry and dirty like what a bold girl would let off in fun in a school dormitory at night. I hope Nora will let off no end of her farts in my face so that I may know their smell also,
Which other writers revel in the grotesque?
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>tfw Gass never said that
>tfw you will never make a pun about Gass's love letters to his wife Nora because he never wrote them
>tfw if he did actually say that some memer would have already made a joke by the time you thought about doing it
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>>8081709
Pic unrelated, I've just seen a lot of buzz around William Gass lately so I thought it'd be a good magnet for conversation.
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>grotesque
you're not using this correctly. a "grotesque" is a specific literary term.
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Is Chesterton the greatest "man of letters" in the history of the English language?
There were better poets, better writers, better essayists, better dramatists, better critics, and better philosophers, but I'm not sure there's anyone else who could do every one of those things at the level he could do them. He seems to have mastered all possible uses of the written word.
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He knew how to drop a fat beat, that's for sure.
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hm... maybe
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>>8081661
Chesterton is a really interesting figure, and one of the most intriguing jacks of all trades of our modern era. His ability to do so much in so many fields is astounding, and I think it's cool that he managed to actually contribute to every one of his interests and hobbies.
I'm not a huge fan, but the best modern analogue is probably Chomsky. STEM equivalent is Feynman, I guess.
Something I've been wondering: are there any genuinely good writers whose careers and reputations were ultimately destroyed by their atrocious actions? For instance, a brilliant or innovative writer who was later revealed to be, say, a serial killer. Please refrain from memeing me/derailing the thread, I'm actually genuinely interested. Pic unrelated
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>>8081659
oh yeah.
I recall a university refusing to teach Aristotle or Schopenhauer because of their views on women.
I know people who refuse to read or watch Zizeks social or religious commentaries because of his economic views.
And a good few dislike your pic unrelated and his mentor because they were diddlers and homos.
Separate the idea from the man. An idea is just that, an idea. If somebody has good ideas amidst bad ideas, saying those good ideas are good is no crime on our part.
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There was some fella from the 40s-50s who was a Nazi supporter and his writing just got totally BTFO for it
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>>8081659
oscar wilde
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I've recently joined the navy and was curious about any good books about the sea and sailors and stuff like that. Anything along the lines of Moby Dick, 20000 Leagues, Old Man and the Sea, stuff like that. So long as it isn't some how to book then I'm sure it'll be /lit/
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Life of Pi
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Two Years Before the Mast - Dana
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The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea - Mishima
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Psychology and CHemicals 2016-05-25 04:13:35 Post No.8081372
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Hey guys, was just wondering where I can get started on reading actual info on molecules and interactions etc? I'd like to learn all about how the chemical symbols are created as well as how different effects to them can create something completely new.
I'm into research chemicals alot if that helps any. anything to just nudge me in the right direction of understanding more than just drugs
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You shouldn't take drugs. There are better ways to deal with parental neglect.
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>>8081372
Haha, start with a college general chemistry book and then read an organic chem book, make sure to do the associated labs to understand the material fully. After that you'll want to find a biochem textbook and probably some intro neuroscience and psychology (as a natural science, not social science) textbooks. If you work diligently, you should be done in about two years.
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>>8081405
Thanks for the legit reply. I'm a college student and was just trying to figure out what general sections I should actually be looking into. I've done quite a few years of psychology hence the title, but wanted to get more into chemistry since I have access to all the textbooks etc... Thanks :)
por el cuanto meme yo cai?
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>>8081355
Su exceso atrae , pero se desvanece
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>>8081355
Chevere :)
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>>8081355
¿Cómo es?
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What books will restore my faith in humanity?
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>>8081305
The Gospel of St.John
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The Brothers Karamazov
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>>8081313
>St.
There is no such book