Habits

>>9713091
Read a lot then write a lot. But read a lot before you write at all.

>>>brainpickings.org

>>9713091
see: https://podio.com/site/creative-routines

The most common aspect of great writers is having some habit at all; sleeping, waking, and writing at the same time everyday like it were work and a craft instead of random bursts of inspiration and fury. Aside from that, most woke early and wrote early.

>>9713150
>brainpickings.org
...Do you honestly mean that or are you just memeing?

That site is my guilty pleasure

>>9713162
Nothing to feel guilty about, friendo. They have some nice reads.

>>9713091
They certainly didn't browse 4chan or play video games.

>>9713197
They would have.

>>9713091
Spec Ops: The Line should not be considered a worthy successor to Heart of Darkness or Apocalypse Now. The few decent moments that set it apart from other games were interlaced with a ton of bland gameplay. Even its good moments are not as profound, deep, or moving as anything in HoD or AN.

>>9713261
No they wouldn't have.

>people unironically think video games are deeper than literature and film as a medium

I want to light every nu male on fire

>>9713331
I loved spec ops. What are the other ones? I don't recognise those shortcuts.

What the HELL happened to Winston?

>>9713154
>Voltaire
>working in bed
Huh, interesting.

>>9713585
Yes, they would have.

>>9713625
No they wouldn't have. You think Tolstoy would've browsed /lit/? Fuck no.

>>9713154
Mah nigga, Ballsack.

>>9713331
What the fuck do you expect from gaymers? Everything that isn't "shot all the bad guys, shot more bad guys, you are great!" is considered great story telling.

>>9713633
He absolutely would have. Tolstoy was the best at expressing realism in his characters.

>>9713643
4chan is where dreams go to die. There is no hope for any of us.

>>9713091
>Conrad was trying to say colonialism is bad

>>9713681
There's hope here: >>9714228
Let's think of some good habits for becoming an autodidact or engaging in any other intellectual activity.