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>inb4 the bible

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

>>7695224
I read a book called Ancient Art and Ritual. I liked it.

Dispatches by Michael Herr

I want to write a book but i cant into plot, i get lost in countless digressions, and references etc, i wanted to wirte epic but i ended in writing memoir what do

>>7694857
For fuck's sake...
Dunno if you'll manage to be a "writer", bute you've written a ton of bullshit here amigo
The only good answer to this will always be:
Write.

>>7694857
The only thing you can really do is pay attention to what you're reading and try to understand what you like about it and practice writing every day.

You can do it if you just make yourself sit down at a particular time every day with out a computer or anything to distract you. Even if you don't write every time just sit there and think about what you're going to write and how you might write it.

Men are the ones opressed by monogamia

>>7694404
Its that or harems.

Which is comfier for women?

John "the Cuck" Green everybody.

Keep writing until it's not shit.

Same principle as squeezing pus from a pimple.

Just keep writing, take a class or two if you need to. They're pretty fun and help you lose anxiety over sharing & critique

same boat. been thinking of stories since 2011 but only started actually writing last year. its hard but like any creative pursuit you just have to practice

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pretty clever

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>>7694955

read the sticky you retard

>>7694955

I like reading travelling related books in that mood.

On The Road and The Dharma Bums are lovely upbeat short and fun.

I also enjoyed Motorcycle Diaries as a short fun light hearted read.

I like travel related stuff when I want cheered up.

>>7690295
from what i've heard, it's a mary sue novel.

>>7690301
no i think it's a patrick rothfuss novel

>>7690295
Perfectly Acceptable Beach Reading (TM)

It also reminded me of a PnP Campaign that was run by a buddy of mine years ago. His gf demanded to play with us, and he kept on gifting her greater and greater powers, to the point where she was successful in all things. We eventually confronted him and he claimed it was so that she would have a good first experience in tabletop RPG. Eventually he didnt talk to us anymore.

>>7694331
Carnegie was a meme author, and had no discernible talent. He was shitposting, and is literally genre tier fiction. clearly a juvenile author.

>>7694353
I tend to agree, the book screams memeliterature starting at the title.

>>7694353
nice copy pasta, its actualy a very good book, and very satisfying to read, id reccomend it, even if you have no interest in buissness its still a good read

>>7692381
routines are for slaves

>>7692381
>Get up
>Get kids ready for school
>Bring to school
>get home, drink coffee and shitpost on /lit/
>clean house
>pick kids up from school
>work out for two hours, reading in between sets
>prepare dinner, listen to lectures as I do so
>serve dinner
>Hang with family
>read to kids for 1 hour
>pick up kitchen clean dishes
>shitpost on /lit/ depending on what the wife is up to
>read for 1-2 hours in the bath and bed

>>7692381
>>7692381
during uni
>wake up
>go to uni
>go to the library to read uni things
>get home, nap, fap, shitpost, have coffees #2 & #3
>go out or stay in and shitpost more

During summer/holidays
>wake up
>have a coffee slowly, listen to music, read, shitpost
>if I'm not going out shitpost more and make some decent food

Yeah, I liked it better years back

That's almost as silly as saying Keirkegaard was an existentialist.

Existentialism is a particular philosophical movement

That doesn't mean other philosophies or belief systems don't answer existential questions.

>>7693679
He is, though.
>proposes alternatives to Christianity and discusses their merits and flaws
>says Christianity is ultimately a completely personal choice that is 100% up to you
>says organized religion is irrelevant and it doesn't matter if there are 3 billlion Christians or just you
>describes a world in which you have options and advocates for Christianity but says individuals' decisions are up to them and decisions and personal conviction are all that matter

the one that's more epic desu

Stoicism. The epicurean pursuit of pleasure requires a very particular set of circumstances to allow. For many the epicurean garden is an impossibility. It is also fickle since anything can disrupt or destroy the garden. It's an entirely circumstantial philosophy. If one is unable to pursue pleasure, whether they be active or state, positive or negative then one is living a bad life. Asides from that it's effectively egoistic because it requires a withdrawal from politics and general society with complete focus on ones own pleasure. Friends are only worth anything so long as they provide pleasure. While after time the maintaining of that friendship is itself a pleasure all forms of human contact come down to their ability to allow one to feel pleasure.

Since stoicism is grounded in virtue one can flourish even during unpleasant physical or mental states. Before people green text me on the unpleasant mental states part please take the time to read contemporary scholarship on stoicism. One of the big misunderstandings I see on lit and elsewhere (although there are many others) is derived from the Greek word often translated into English as emotion or something similar. The stoic lifestyle prevents passions, that's not the same thing as unpleasant mental states.

Anyhow this pursuit of virtue allows them to be good regardless of circumstance. It is not a philosophy about being mentally imperturbable in the way an epicurean is about this sort of tranquility. For a stoic to be good one must have a good character and do good actions. This concept of character blurs the lines between the inner life and action in a way that is foreign to modern people. It is not a good inner life if one does not act good because they both inform each other.

tldr
Epicurean = wish washy fate dependent, self orientated egoism.

Stoicism = robust, civic minded, externally directed flourishing.

>>7692915
>The epicurean pursuit of pleasure
Stopped reading there pleb.

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>>7692069
no, i can't

>steinbeck
>twain
>fitzgerald

ahahahahaha

amerifats stay pleb

>>7692104
mad irishboy detected

German.

Spanish

what do you want to read?

.pmuB

>>7691296
I write notes or thoughts to myself. If an idea or experience is important enough I will write it down. It's a form of reflection for me. I find it useful to write down thoughts so if I ever need to remind myself of an experience or idea I just revisit it through my journal.

>>7691296

I do it before I go to sleep. I lie down in my bed, take off my glasses, use my phone's light, and just write whatever I feel at the time or that I told myself to write during the day. Usually it's philosophical stuff or questions to myself, what I'm doing with my life, or what I want to do with it. It's actually probably more questions to myself about what in the hell I'm doing with my life. Like how I'm wasting it. Shoot me.

Idris Elba should've played DFW

The hanging scene was a bit tasteless.

>no Harold Bloom cameo
They had one job... guess they weren't paid enough for it