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What about him?

that's quite literally me and i shelve them next to my bhagavad and daodejing

>>7658840
>>>/Reddit/

I wish I could strangle you.

>>7658783

It´s 6am. I am not on fine form.

>>7658814
Pretty sure he wants to strangle you because you said German was a God awful language.

>>7658724
Is your pic what you've been eating? Christposters are still here

his took up the pol refugees instead

>>7658724
>This board has never been better.

that mushroom should be a fedora

>>7658600
I read waylander when I was a kid. That was my favorite book for years (8-12 maybe).
I don't remember many of the details now though, desu.

I really liked the Dean Koontz Odd series and Angels and Demons when I was in middle school

>>7658600
Reading the Dark Tower now, having just read the Broken Empire trilogy (also post-apocalyptic fantasy), and this series sounds intriguing. Ordering Ghost King, Last Sword of Power, Wolf in Shadow, Last Guardian and Bloodstone as we speak. Looking forward to some more cool escapist fantasy.

No, what's difficult is the middle.

>>7658559

It is for me I can never fucking figure out what to say at the beginning. I always start with some stupid fucking description

>the car made its way into town
>he sat there
>the room was not entirely dark

Just kill me, I compulsively read the opening sentences of all my favourite authors and desu its kind of comforting to know that their all pretty banal as well.

Committing to routine until routine is habit and forcing all distractions out of your life what may subvert this habit is arguably the most difficult part of writing.

I wouldn't kill someone unless it was self defense. But if I were assaulted even in a relatively mild fashion I would kill the shit out of my attacker

>>7658555
is.. is that the jew?

>>7658561
This. If someone ever tried to mess with me, I would teleport behind them and unsheathes my katana. This epic badass gets it.

Matthew.

>what book will help me undo overnight years of negative conditioning and lack of passion for life that have hardened into literally high school: the philosophy

>>7658553
Yes, help. Not magically solve everything.

I don't really read at all. I mostly just play video games and post on here and a few other chans.

REPORT ALL NON READER POSTS
HIDE ALL NON READER POSTS
SAGE IN ALL FIELDS

You can't browse this board for two hours. It's too fucking slow. Especially now until oz time is over.

>>7658433
>translations
>anime

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Infinite Jests - David Faster Wallace

>>7658433
There's already a bookshelf thread.

I'm probably going to get shit on for this, but: Good writing can come from anywhere. Good fiction is good fiction my dude.

We learn the basics of story writing and literary technique in school, and if any form of creativity (story telling for example) has these present, executes them well and then attempts to differentiate itself, I'd consider it good writing.

The stigma is that often times cartoons DON'T have these things. They're funny and flashy and cheap and good for entertainment. That's what they're made for. If you watch a cartoon that's clever, makes witty jokes, shows logical progression of character arcs, plot, has interesting themes and messages, then yeah, it can be well written.

>would you consider stuff like evangelion to be well written?
Yes.

I talked a lot about how good writing includes needed literary elements, but I also take things like tone into account too. Fuck, I consider TTGL good writing. It's a lot more subtle, but the entire message is wrapped up beautifully in some hard driving robot action that has me out of my seat screaming for the good guys to win. It doesn't leave you blue-balled from a literary standpoint either. This can be good writing too.

Or consider this: The Stranger, by Camus, is a Nobel Prize winner for literature. Yet you read it and Camus' prose is rather droll and boring. It get's by on it's messages. And then you re-read it and realize that the boring and dry prose is intentional and beautifully befitting of Meursault and of the world he inhabits, that you come realize that the slate-gray world Camus created is so vibrant and perfect, even just the little splashes of color he adds in are like being shot to the moon.

TL;DR: Write well in any medium you can, combine your setting and style and tone and blow a kneecap off the world.

>>7658225
I have watched lately stuff like South Park and the simpsons and It's clear the writers of those shows know their shit.

>>7658233
Anon this is what I'm saying. WE recognize good writing. Even children do.

I went to go see The Good Dinosaur with my gf and obviously there were kids there. But at the end it had the kids crying and my gf crying and I was trying to pick apart the characters and themes.

The point I'm trying to make is: We recognize a well told story even if we're young. We need to be made to care about our characters, we want to know what they stand for and why they do it. The author wants to tell us something important and he needs to harmonize his message between the underlying mechanics of his writing and his themes.

South Park is alright, it's very very blunt in what it does, but it can be enjoyable. The Simpsons are decently funny, and I can tell you, it takes a lot more talent writing to write a consistently good show (until like season 9 that is) than it does to shit post on /lit/. Even being able to flesh out characters and the world of springfield in such flowing subtly is the hallmark of decent writing.

Good fiction is good fiction wherever you go man.

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A self-help author writes books full of meaningless platitudes, more at 11.

>>7657809

His delivery is just as much his message as the things he says.

I read on a tinfoil blog that he uses hypnosis techniques

Lol I'd like you to point out this supposed new age bullshit you purport to be an expert of. You don't know what the fck you're talking about

>>7657484
>encouraging

>>7657494
Not what I'm looking for. It's more of a patronizing and superficial enthusiasm.

>>7657498
Patronizing
Condescending
Talking down to someone

>>7657385
>>>/pol/

>>7657389
Is this off-topic? I didn't know that /lit/ was only for literature that fits your worldview.

you can begin evola anytime
he tells you how his outline is not about following

he even mentions where he got some of his ideas like guenon and spengler, you can read them but it's not necesary

Catch 22

>>7657290
you are a degenerate

>>7657309
Are you degenerate you?

retarded and should stop trying

>>7657234
You're retarded but keep trying.

Disclaimer: I have not read it.

>>7657234
What have you read before?