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How to properly start a novel?
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>>7446740
try writing
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>>7446740
wipe ass with its foreword and then burn the resulting poop laden page in fire.
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>>7446740
With words.
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Just finished pic related.
Why isn't Edith considered one of the greatest literary villains of all time?
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because shes pretty sympathetic
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Because you're one of the great misinterpreters of the time.
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>>7446603
how so?
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I am not creative and I suck at poetry. Can someone help me wrote a slam poem.
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no :(
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>>7446541
Craning necks,
searching for specks,
in the Crystal Meth O.C.D. Home.
We count our sheep,
every other week,
in order from 3 through 8.
Prime numbers we seek,
when cleaning our sheets,
is it wool or fleece?
I can't count on you,
you can't count on me,
Who's Counting?
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>I am not creative and I suck at poetry.
you're already there son.
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Anyone here enjoy the poem Paradise Lost?
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>>7446481
>falling
>has wings
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>>7446511
>falling
>has wings
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>>7446559
broken wings*
What are some must-read History books?
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Herodotus
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>>7446390
Ibn Khaldun's al-Muqaddimah
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>>7446398
if this is a joke its pretty funny, lol
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Lets discuss the greatest book ever.
So, why was Dante exiled in 1301? Did he speak out against corruption in Florence?
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>>7446335
Wasn't it because he was a white guelph but the black guelphs took power and accused him of being politically corrupt? :s
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>After the Guelphs finally defeated the Ghibellines in 1289 at Campaldino and Caprona, Guelphs began to fight among themselves. By 1300 the Florentine Guelphs had divided into the Black Guelphs and the White Guelphs. The Blacks continued to support the Papacy, while the Whites were opposed to Papal influence, specifically the influence of Pope Boniface VIII. Dante was among the supporters of the White Guelphs, and in 1302 was exiled when the Black Guelphs took control of Florence
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>>7446348
Dante got the last laugh when he canonically put them all in hell
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You guys seem to think Russell is horrifically biased. What is a better alternative?
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>>7446280
lit philosophy guide
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Copleston
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>>7446280
Start with the Greeks. They didn't have an overview of Western philosophy book when they were teaching one another.
Is Niezstche good?
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>>7446242
He is beyond good.
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>>7446253
/Thread
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Elisabeth Niezstche is brilliant. Haven't read anything by Freddie though.
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ITT: We post the most insincere writers. Pic related.
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what's the name of that really horrible girl who advertises herself as the "worlds youngest author" or whatever.
she has like this horrible fantasy series thats funded by her rich father. they were making a movie i remember and i wanted to check in to see what was up with that.
pic unrelated, just what im reading.
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>>7445937
Christopher Paolini?
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>>7445951
>Christopher Paolini
no it's a girl. the title has some weird generic fantasy world name that ends in "ia" i remember.
she is like this blonde rich girl who thinks she a model too.
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>>7445937
Gloria Tesch
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>he isn't dedicating himself completely to his writing
How do casuals justify this?
There are literally people on /lit/ right now who want to write good books despite choosing to work a full-time job.
It boggles my mind, truly. Do their exhausted brains prevent them from seeing the contradiction?
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>the only way to write is to board yourself up in your house and abstain from the world around you
>better not let that pesky inspiration in, that would ruin my flawless wankfest of a novel
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>>7445819
because only those who have lived a life worth living can possibly write anything worth reading. Quit trying to get validation from the internet for being a NEET
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>>7446812
this, fucking autists
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The guy whose novel we described as "David Foster Wallace meets David Mitchell meets the search history that you just cleared" is one of Esquire's 2015 breakouts.
>"What is it about Joshua Cohen's novel Book of Numbers that got us and everyone else so breathless?"
>"Ambition, for one, both in its scope (a writer and an Internet mogul travel the world; nothing is as it seems) and in its groundbreaking structure. There is also the matter of the narrator's voice, greeting the reader thusly: "If you're reading this on a screen, fuck off. I'll only talk when I'm gripped with both hands." Things only pick up from there. "
http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/interviews/a39840/joshua-cohen-book-of-numbers-2015-breakouts/
What do you think /lit?
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>There is also the matter of the narrator's voice, greeting the reader thusly: "If you're reading this on a screen, fuck off. I'll only talk when I'm gripped with both hands."
lmfao this is so gay
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>>7445767
Oh shit that sounds p. edgy af
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>>7445767
IMO he is the guy posting as not-Pynchon.
Hey /lit/, what is your least favorite adverb?
Mine is 'unironically'.
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>he uses adverbs
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literally
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>he unironically uses adverbs
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I've finished the Greeks, now what should I read?
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>finished the Greeks
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>>7445577
The Romans.
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>He's not even started his second read through of the Greeks
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Hey /lit/ new to this board, don't really chan anymore but thought you guys may be able to offer some opinions.
This Xmas I've decided to get only books as presents for my family etc. I have a few ideas currently but i'll do my best to describe the person and their tastes and see if you can match a suggestion to them. The book inside brackets is my current choice.
Mum (N/A)
Both of my parents are quite outdoors people, my mum likes dance and spirituality. Her and my dad are currently performing maintenance on our boat.
Dad (Das Kapital)
My dad is more classical intelligence, great at maths and problem solving, socially a bit odd (so am I, who am i kidding) but a great guy. Loves sailing. We live in NZ and my father and I have long had discussion over the division of wealth and the class inequality. He argues pro-socialist(ish) reform and I'm a filthy capitalist pig. I thought Das Kapital may give him a competitve edge against me. I haven't read it but heard it was far better than the manifesto
Brother (Ready Player One)
last book I read, loved it. Thought I might get him it as he's spending New Years with my parents on the boat and the book is great at illustrating fantasy. He's interested in environmental sciences and most likely pursuing it at university next year.
Gf's mum (N/A)
Lives in australia. Haven't met her yet. Meeting next week (wish me luck)
Gf's dad
Not her real dad but may as well be, has been there for her whole life. He's a chill guy who works in a morgue. Likes healthy lifestyles and my gf's education.
Cousin (The Intelligent Investor)
Male, 14yr. Recently told me his favourite class was business studies and that he wanted to start his own business someday. If Buffet read it at 19, a 5 year head start must mean something.
Cousin (N/A)
Male, 16yr. Loves downhill and biking in general. Most likely a prospect for #1 downhill title in coming years. Has been biking since age 4 and competitively since 6. Machine.
Cousin (N/A)
Female, 16. She's a strong kid. Estranged dad and her mum is a bit crazy. I'm going to look after her through her teen years a lot. She's going through that too-cool teen girl phase right now but I would like a book that would draw her interests towards math or physics while not boring her to death.
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>She's going through that too-cool teen girl phase right now but I would like a book that would draw her interests towards math or physics while not boring her to death.
get her a pop-sci book like death by black hole or something by brian greene. don't get her feynman because it just makes physicists look like autists.
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>>7445472
thanks, what do you think about my current choices?
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>>7445472
get her a brief history of time
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Brother (Ready Player One)
>Please don't make him a pleb, get him something entry level but interesting and not to do with boats. Dostoevsky, Pynchon, Tom McCarthy.
Dad (Das Kapital)
>Das Kapital is good if he hasn't read it, otherwise get him Wittgenstein's Philosophical investigations.
Mum
>Get her Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, or a George Elliot.
Gf's dad
>Get something intelligent, fun, but not to do with death. Wittgenstein's--Philosophical Investigations is fun.
Cousin (N/A)
>Male, 16yr. Leave him be. (Philosophical Investigations)