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Wrote this 4 years ago when I knew nothing about literature or writing.

The man stood on top of the hill watching his home burning. Shadowy figures danced around in the glow of the flames below. The figures took turns tossing liquid into the fire and for each splash the fire grew and erupted outwards in horrible cascades of shining flares. He could hear the sounds of cheering, laughing even. Tears streamed down his cheeks - but it was his own fault that he didn’t pack up and leave. As the flames turned into smoke a brilliant plume of ashes flew upwards.

The falling cinders made no difference on the landscape.

>>7530811
It's six sentences, but for something that's six sentences long it's far from bad.

>>7530811
More pls

>a frogposter who hasn't killed himself yet

>>7540100

This is a good point, but there's a difference between an author stroking their ego with gratuitous purple prose, versus the incidental usage of less common phrases or adjectives because it's necessary to provide a vivid and accurate image of whatever the novel is trying to impress upon the reader. The distinction should be clear.

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>>7540100

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>>7538270
>GRRM
>literature

>>7538270
I was wondering the same thing in 2005. Now I think he is just a slovenly lazy old man. Just because the new internet outrage culture is screaming for him to shit out content now doesn't mean he hadn't been doing this for more than a decade.

>>7538280
This.

Also, fuck Neil Gaiman for covering Martin's enormous ass. He may not be my bitch, Neil, but he's still a lazy sack of shit.

>Aujourd’hui, maman est morte.
It's simple, and it sets the tone of the book well.

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>>7538111
I know saying this is really beating a dead horse, but
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

This never fails to give me chills, I always feel melancholic after reading it.

Y a veces me sucedía que cuando yo pasaba frente a una de mis ventanas ella estaba esperándome muda y ansiosa (¿por qué esperándome? ¿y por qué muda y ansiosa?); pero a veces sucedía que ella no llegaba a tiempo o se olvidaba de este pobre ser encajonado, y entonces yo, con la cara apretada contra el muro de vidrio, la veía a los lejos sonreír o bailar despreocupadamente o, lo que era peor, no la veía en absoluto y la imaginaba en lugares inaccesibles o torpes. Y entonces sentía que mi destino era infinitamente más solitario que lo que había imaginado.

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Surely someone can format better than I can.

post the template mate

Anon arrived home late that day, exhausted by a non-stop shift of non-existence. Normally he barely even noticed that he was not a living being anymore but, perhaps due to a strange planetary alignment, that day drained him so thoroughly he did not even eat supper before passing out on the divan. He dreamed he had a song stuck in his ear and he could not get rid of it; he tried listening to the end of the song, to drown it out with other kinds music, and shooting himself up his jaw, but nothing quite did the trick. He was grateful when he woke late the next day, for he did not remember the song at all.

He didn't wake up.

He wakes up not because of a jarring alarm, but because gradually his hormones have brought him to a state of wakefulness. He writes down what he can recall of the dream world below the given date. He changes the pillowcase and makes the bed. He does something physical which further wakes him, whether it be running on a trail or sets of chin ups and planks. He uses this time to reflect on the dream, present goals, and his relationships with others. Sweaty, he now takes a shower and while feeling relaxed, practices gratitude for his various fortunes. He throws on a fashionable but unassuming outfit, which induced ideal warmth given the cool weather. He sits pretzel style on his bed, back straight and spends 60 seconds practicing mindfulness. Observing thoughts as they come and go, being aware without effort. Noting that the identity "I" is not the same as consciousness. The next 60 seconds are for recognizing what the biggest challenges of the day might entail and how best to react when they arise. Around two minutes for this mediation, not much more or less. His body has been trained, showered and clothed warmly, his mind both focused and relaxed. He puts on some headphones and listens to an audiobook or podcast as he prepares a vegan breakfast, one with a good deal of protein to assist workout recovery. Also, black coffee from beans that have recently been ground. He enjoys the meal while reading his current book, something in the realm of non-fiction that will further self improvement. He takes his last few sips of coffee, finishes the chapter and starts the day.

That's the morning at least.

Obviously, you fucking pleb

Would I be missing out on stuff if I skipped stuff?

You tell me, mate

>>7536354
not much, just the whole experience of reading this book

>>7538929
>to starting reading the

Start at the beginning. With the Greeks.

start with the greeks

>Infinite Jest
>Infinite Jest
>Student

>Infinite Jest
>Infinite Jest
>Home Depot

>infinite jest
>infinite jest
>NEET

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>>7537524
DFW posting.

Tricking people into thinking Dostoevsky is worth reading.

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>>7537563
Seriously?

>Dan Brown
I'll just go kill myself right now

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>>7532700
>https://iwl.me
>I write like DFW
not even a joke familia

>Palahniuk, Clarke, and Lovecraft

So, what's the best place to buy some strong rope?

>>7526275
So after I read all these I'm an intellectual?

>>7526386
not really, it just introduces you to books that aren't within the sort of /lit/ aesthetic

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>>7536541

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>>7536541
Really helped me with my financial situation.

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helped me through my shitty alcohol habit...still smoke weed tho.

Goodbye Lenin

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>Due to... missing funds

I knew you guys were a bunch of rat bastards. I called it all along.

>>7532397
It was a good movie, the soundtrack is nice too.

The system we use to quantify mathematics was created by man.

define 'mathematics' and we'll talk.

>>7531882
>le naive formalist face

now you just have to define what a system is, what mathematics is, and provide empirical evidence that the system was the creation of man