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Has /lit/ ever had to re-write a story they loved so many times that they started to hate writing?
I've been doing that over the pat week and it hurts so bad
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art is never finished only abandoned
post the first page anon and we'll tell you
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>>7714838
It can be finished once you know there's nothing left to add or take away.
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>>7714772
I've posted pretty much every version of the first several pages in the crit threads over the past two weeks. They're petty cringe worthy but that's not the biggest problem. The problem is that I've tried to fix it so many times I'm having trouble caring about the project anymore.
I'm bored with it.
The thing is, it's a multi-perspective story so I could pick up with another character and come back to this one later, but so few of my characters have been developed yet that there's really only three out of five characters I can work with, one of them being the one I'm giving up on
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Good books on modern banking and finance?
Looking for cutting edge stuff here, boys.
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>>7714614
The Tanakh
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>>7714626
Hey, let's cool it with the antisemitism.
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>>7714672
Ok, dad.
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I don't get goodreads. its like last.fm for books but with an even more difficult layout.
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>>7714535
I've always preferred librarything
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goodreads was just a scheme by a jew to get a bunch of dummies to write a bunch of book reviews for free and then sell it all to amazon for a small fortune, basically a judaic shakedown built on the free labor of naive nerds
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>>7714546
So...opensource for profit.
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Which NON-CHARLATAN philosopher is most like this?
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>>7714180
Deleuze
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>>7714180
Baudrillard
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his hegel considered charlatan?
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What books would you suggest to someone who's a simpleton when it comes to fiction?
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>>7714131
Dr. Seuss
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>>7714131
Finnegans Wake
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>>7714131
Anne of Green Gables
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Hey /lit/
Are there any books that would actually help you get better at debating?
I've been looking for a book like that for a while but I can't seem to find anything. Some people suggested that I study philosophy or/and law but I'm not too sure about that.
Any ideas?
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>>7713989
Start with the Greeks.
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Reading Chomsky's politics works will turn you into a consummate gadfly.
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she drink the sode
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Why post your writings here for feedback if there's a chance someone's going to plagiarize it?
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what's wrong with plargerization?
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Why post your writings here for feedback if there's a chance you'll publish it one day? That's some Fifty Shades of Gray shit
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Hardly anyone posts OC here. If they do its too shitty to steal.
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What did he mean by this?
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fucking quote websites .
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>>7713281
yeah he's definitely right. We both should tolerate the extremes of both sides and since we don't we live in a fractured and hostile society and it's really shitty.
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>>7713308
>yeah he's right
>he's wrong though
U wot?
this was fantastic. why is it shit on? is because >muh no talent
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>>7713211
What was fantastic?
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>>7713262
The dragons and elf-rich cosmic gods
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why is your copy so shiny
do you have oily hands or something you fking gnome
Dear /lit/,
Since I'm not a native speaker, I'd like to improve my English. Have you got any suggestion of books to read? Nothing too hard, but at the same time nothing too easy/childish.
Thank you.
pic kinda related since I'm Italian
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>>7712368
Gibbon and Hume. Hemingway if you want "plain" American, Thomas Hardy if British.
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>>7712401
Not considering Hemingway, wouldn't they be too much archaic?
By Hemigway I've only read The old man and the sea, is there anything in particular I should start with?
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>>7712423
No, their English is probably the most beautiful high English I have ever read.
Churchill's History of the English Speaking People is another good one.
For Whom the Bell Tolls is my favorite Hemingway.
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ITT: We describe mundane and everyday things with ridiculous embellishment or exaggeration.
I'll start;
It was hot that day and I became more perched with each step on my journey. By pure serendipity I came upon a dispenser of canned refreshments. This automatic vendor required money to be operated, which I duly presented. The machine purred and wheezed when I inserted the coin and pressed the button, yet no beverage came out. “Come on you bastard,” I said. There was no reply. Unrelenting, I proceeded to hammer the side of the device with the open palm of my hand. All while eagerly eyeing the product tray expecting the receptacle of liquid which would deliver me from my thirst. When no such reward presented itself I became increasingly frantic and desperate, hurling insults at the byzantine contraption that stood before me. After a short while it dawned on me that my efforts were fruitless and that I would need outside assistance in retrieving the prize within or at the very least reclaim my lost funds.
I proceeded to walk inside the establishment nearby which by all likelihood owned and operated this piece of faulty machinery. Expecting justice to be done I entered within...
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>>7711095
>practicing purple prose
but why
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>>7711095
I'd rather point out the flaws in your paragraph.
>perched
>misuse of serendipity
>palm of my hand. All while etc. should be part of the same sentence
In addition to those errors, I suggest you google "comma."
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>>7711112
Oops, I meant parched lol.
English is not my native language and I'm trying to improve. Sometimes I do these types of things to try and improve myself.
how can i, anon, become "smart"?
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be born with a genetically high intelligence and be raised by a family that nurtures that intelligence
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>>7710635
i have a high IQ, but i never had that 2nd part so i'm effectively a retard
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>>7710648
same
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Whether its too soon or not, whatever. It's here if you want to share.
Share, offer advice, critique
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>>7696739
>a poem
Amethysts comes pretty handy whenever you have to channel Christic vibrations....
Billy Mays Infomercial Transcripts 2001-05
(incl. esoteric exegesis by renowned Sufi cleric)
14.95 USD at Barnes and Noble
Clear Quartz irradiates Buddhic energies.
Paris attacks were a staged media event. no doubt no doubt.
As a Capricorn, I feel an instinctive attraction to Peridot.
The Role of Linguistic Fascism in the Liberal Cult of Transgenderism.
Zircon is linked to Chthonic forces and the Goddess archetype. This was widely known among the early Christians.
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Should I make my place names real or fictional? I was thinking about basing most of my story in the French overseas collectivity Saint Pierre & Miquelon. No real reason why but it would allow me to use some nice Basque names and have beach scenes. Will I get sued by the 6,000 people who live there?
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>Opening paragraph of my experimental novel
Entrance Boris. Light-illuminated Boris down at the table sat him. Fie, thought Boris. This one's a snoozer (Boris). Boris the newspaper is flips it up now reads it sees the article about the mayor coming to town. Light through the window reaches the eggs and the eggs in the light now Boris can see the salt and pepper on the eggs and the punctured yolk with the orange spilling and flowing and headed for the toast!
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I'm curious, what does /lit/ think abut Immortality?
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>>7715014
Haven't read it. Would you recommend it?
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>>7715021
I enjoyed it but it depends on what you're into. At some parts it can be a bit slow but if you don't mind that I would say go for it.
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Hey /lit/, what are some good books about cults? I'm interested in books about specific cults, the psychology of cults, or even books on how to run cults if there are any good ones around.
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>>7714959
If you're on 4chan you don't have near enough charisma to start a cult. Don't kid yourself.
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Rosabeth Moss Kanter - Commitment and Community: Communes and Utopias in Sociological Perspective
Anson Shupe, Susan Darnell - Agents of Discord: Deprogramming, Pseudo-Science, and the American Anticult Movement
Catherine Wessinger - How the Millennium Comes Violently: From Jonestown to Heaven's Gate
Phillip Charles Lucas, Thomas Robbins - New Religious Movements in the Twenty-First Century: Legal, Political, and Social Challenges in Global Perspective
David G. Bromley, J. Gordon Melton - Cults, Religion, and Violence
Susan J. Palmer - Children in New Religions
Susan J. Palmer - Moon Sisters, Krishna Mothers, Rajneesh Lovers: Women's Roles in New Religions
Eileen Barker - The Making of a Moonie: Choice or Brainwashing?
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>>7714959
the bible
the torah
the quran