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I've never actually done this, no.

Only myself. Nobody else is worth the effort.

Nah.

Though I wouldn't put it past myself if the grill I was to impress was legit 10/10 both physically and mentally.

I'm asking because I don't want to peak too early ^^

bump please help

>>7372626
>>7371469
>>7371468
Fuck off.

If you're genuinely curious search the archive with (including quotes) "was 23 when". A list of greentext will appear which I, in my autistic glory, have previously compiled. The fact you haven't bothered to create such a list yourself can only suggest you lack the genuine curiosity and investment necessary to be a great writer, let alone a precocious genius.

>>7371441
Is this real?

>>7371441
>the man who wrote this made millions of dollars

>>7371441
Reading this just disappointed me so much. Someone who's opinions I trust told me about his "Sandman" graphic novels. I haven't read them yet but I was looking forward to it until I read this. Now I'm scared of what Neil thinks makes a good story.

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>>7371385
But what if I'm lying to you?

>>7371385
what is methapysical presence

>Derrida

Ya blew it

>>7371374
Let Wallace form an opinion 4u

definition of reddit-core, along with most of the npr /american life """"""""""writers"""""""" etc (you know the type)

in short, it goes right to le trash , unless youre trying to pickup 'not that kind of girl' girls

>>7371380
>'not that kind of girl' girls
ah, the best kind

i know that feel.

>What've you got?

insomnia

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>>7371332
Just get drunk and forget about it. We all leave here empty handed. Look at you, spinning your wheels, grasping at smoke, with a head full of false imaginings— Ha! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA MOMS GUNNA FREAK

I actually obsessively begin my essays the second the assignment is announced. I am interested in the subject and I want to do my best.

in a small magazine and only because the editor had a crush on me. but yes.

>>7371244
publish | perish

Fuck. /lit/ needs a zine, or sumthin. Tss tss.

discuss

i read hardboiled wonderland and the end of the world and thought it was pretty shitty. is his other stuff any better?

>>7371199
norwegian wood is better but not that good

yes c.f james salter, alasdair gray, random bdsm fapfiction from the 19th century

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>When he knelt by the bed to grip her face he pressed the sensitive core of his love against the edge of the mattress and now without
his will a little spills, like cream forced over the neck of the bottle by the milk's freezing. He backs away from contact; the shy series
of hops, puzzled, throbs to a slow halt. He stands and presses the cloth against his own face, like a man sobbing. He goes to the
foot of the bed, throws the rag toward the bathroom, peels out of his underclothes, bobs, and hurries to hide in the bed, in the long
dark space between the sheets.

>>7371096
Yes, The gOD Delusion

>>7371096
HTMW -SP
TYFA -JH

>>7371102
kill yourself

shitposting all week and still no hoes are riding my dick, what gives?

The end

There's this thread going on at a Narnian knot-art website I frequent. We're supposed to continue a thought. Might be fun, but I'll never do it again. I won't make it in time to continue the line from the previous poster. Why bother?

>>7370978
Kierkegaard believed that a tragedy is great because of the ambiguity as to whether a tragic hero erred and incurred his own punishment, or whether he was fated to be punished from the beginning.

Crucially, if the tragedy is entirely the hero's fault (he is totally capable of determining his own fate) then the dramatic element disappears. There's no use agonizing over somebody who willingly chose to do the wrong thing with no fate involved.

write an autobiography

>>7370978
Read Aristotle's Poetics. I pretty certain it wasn't designed as advice for playwrights, but it will likely have all the information you need.

I like a good contemporary tragedy that's not too melodramatic or formal. A lot of Ibsen is like that, so those tend to be my favourites.

What are some literary examples of hyperreality? Wallboy described IJ as having h/r elements, but Walltoy was constantly full of shit.

Probably not
this whole thing is really what got me into the occult in general

>>7370886
that is beautiful. I only read Baudrillard in any depth a few months ago, and stuff like this gives me mental goosebumps now.

>>7370898
White Noise is the prime example. it would not have been written were it not for Simulacra and Simulation. also a lot of PKD you can hardly understand, really, w/out Baudrillard.

>>7370845

Everyone's opinion is equal because it's all based on personal tastes.

>>7370849
Some peoples' opinions are more equal than others.

It isn't. Everything is worth nothing.

>>7370817
>you don't.

Maybe is a health issue (TDA and such).

But probably is normal, it happens a lot to me. If the story being told or the subject being explained is either hard or boring (to non-finction is mostly the combination of both), I'll sometimes dwell in my thoughts and forget about the words in the paper.

If I'm reading constantly during the week somehow this happens less often and I can read pages and pages without having to stop once and being able to fully explain what happened and all the less obscure/over-interpetating symbolism.

Re-read the last few paragraphs I read without focusing and get re-focused.

Happens to me a lot with non-fiction. Usually I just put the book down and do something else. If my thoughts aren't on reading, I'm not going to force myself to read.

One tip though: loud spaces are distracting. Absolute silence can be just as distracting. Put on classical music.