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none in particular is going to be the key to becoming a better writer. just read broadly, and often.

if you already do this and don't think you're getting enough out of the books you're reading, try going out of your comfort zone and read something you wouldn't usually go for or that's more difficult to read.

go back to your favourites and dissect them, figure out what makes them your favourites and how you can incorporate that into your own work.

If you're writing fiction then John Truby and Donald Maass

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>>7527426
The Tunnel

Paperback is cheaper, but hardback generally stays in better condition. Choose your pick.

leatherbound > hardcover w/ dust jacket > paperback > jacketless hardcover / mass print paperback

generally

>reads for plot

>>7526183
>reads

>>7526189
>plots

tablet? you're out of your league, i read on a god damn laptop.

>>7526049
Desktop master race reporting in

plebs
i don't even fucking read

He's a meme philosopher

I can't, I've already read Nietzsche.

>>7525955
why?

that is pretty nice actually. Thanks OP

Thank you based OP

>>7525655

I like how dyslexia is a combinaton of "dys-" meaning "bad" and "lexical" meaning "relates to words"

>>7525547
Do whatever the fuck you want. I'm not your mom.

>>7525547

I advise you re-read the Stranger if you do not see the irony of your post

amazon

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My local hip, independently owned book store.

>>7525250
I give it a few years before it goes bankrupt

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I fucking do hate that shit. Pic related: The biggest show-don't-tell wankfest I've ever read. There's all these references to bullshit from the '80s but he barely describes the actual shit so I had to look up all his references on Google like a caveman. It's like reading Infinite Jest all over again but instead of footnotes I'm reading wikipedia articles on fucking Cowboy Bebop.

>>7524840
Jesus.
Like, there's nothing worse than fucking trying to get into a God damned book and get invested in the world, but you can't latch onto anything because the fucking retarded fanfiction-tier author doesn't want to flesh his worlds out.

>>7524827
bump

>>7524146
good riddance, that community was terrible

There's more than one pirate site lad

>>7524146
You know you can go to the library for free books?

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>he reads

>>7524028
this
books are so last century
audiobooks are the future

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What's a good novel confronting the reader with their pretentiousness?

>>7523450
Estrella distante.

>>7523450
Nazi Literature is good

Last Evenings On Earth is a very good collection of short stories

The millenium edition of the Lord Of The Rings series you dipshit.

Update us with your opinion when you get into it, I would be curious to hear something unbiased about this book

>>7522802
I just finished it myself, /lit/ isn't wrong in saying that Rand isn't the strongest of authors, but by no means is this a bad book. The message she's preaching isn't a bad one, there is some truth in what she says, but I'm also of the opinion that most philosophical views should not be taken at face value.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

>>7533416
Notes from the Underground.

the god delusion

>>7532741
>After two years of full-time wagecuckery
>Anybody else been in this position before?
Literally millions of people, but maybe 3 of them browse /lit/. Being burned out is kinda natural nonetheless, most of the aspiring local writers are in this state I'd say 50% of the time

I'm with you op. Having worked a few years now post college at a decent paying job and seeing my friends and peers slowly drift about has started to make me sympathize with the simple, comfortable lifestylethat i have always denigrated. what i cant tell is if "doing time" as it were as a wagecuck has worn my spirit and stunted my ambitions maliciously or if these new feelings are an inevitable product of aging

>>7532779
I realize lot of people in general are in this position, which is why the appeal of an "easy" life makes sense to me now. It just sucks that I'm trading all my energy and enthusiasm and will to live for the sake of a relatively secure existence.

I read that Cormac McCarthy dodged jobs all his life but HOW THE FUCK did he stay alive? Like where did the money come from? Everyday in work I sit there feeling restless and depressed and I picture a young Cormac McCarthy lying sideways on a sofa pinching his chin with a smug-ass expression. Why do I continue living like this? Only rich people should be allowed to be self-aware and have aspirations, it's pointless me wanting any more than my shitty lot in life it feels.