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Could someone explain me what is the point of this play, what is it even about? I'm having kind of a hard time understanding it.
>>7368368
I feel like I could explain it to you, but whats the point?
um it's pretty self explanatory
>>7368384
You mean because we are going to die anyway? If my humble request for your explanation is not enough, please do not do that.
I'm trying to get back into reading and had a question. Do you guys imagine people you know as characters in the book? I could never do that.
shameful self bump
i've never done that
Fuck no
I'm trying to write a screenplay set in 1712 in rural Britain. I have a basic plot outline and a strong thematic and character foundation but it demands this specific setting that I know precious little about. What tips do you have for writing a setting you are not an expert in, and on researching something like this?
It's actually the easiest thing in the world, you only make use of the setting when you need to or when it'll help the action in someway. But otherwise just completely forget that it's set in a different time period. In novels from the 18th century the thing that interests is the relatable human interactions and ideas, not the details of whatever they used to shit in.
If you really want to you can research like a motherfucker and go all out, I think the go to example for this is The Name Of The Rose.
>>7368173
historical movies are usually lot more expensive i doubt anyone would make such movie without some fanbase behind it or smth
your better off making thread on /his/ than here
>What tips do you have for writing a setting you are not an expert in,
dont do it
write about something you are expert in-common sense desu
Hey guys, let's find the worst state poet laureate.
My submission is Cyntia Huntington from New Hampshire, good luck finding a worse one
Excerpt from "meds":
3.
I must elude pain
float past clarity
pain in the brain
slammed down like a housefly.
It’s a big dodge.
Fly on a stovetop
sizzle and ash pop.
This is illusion,
mental confusion
born in the synapse.
What can be undone
down to the last gasp.
It’s a hodgepodge.
If you kill pain
you will become pain;
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>>7368108
bump for intrefast
this is really good. Can't you see the matrix analogies?
>>7368108
so America needs to find 50 new poets to honour every few years ?
of course most of them are gonna be shit
Requesting some recommendations for core mysticism writings, esoteric if possible.
Thanks in advance.
Found this ( http://www.pdfarchive.info/pdf/S/Sc/Scholem_Gershom_Gerhard_-_On_the_kabbalah_and_its_symbolism.pdf ) if anyone is interested in some light Gravity's Raimbow prerequisite reading.
Literally all Continental Philosophy
Jung, Crowley, Mckenna, Bataille, Klossowski
What are some good horror books?
Gravity's Rainbow
>inb4 skepticism
for real, it's terrifying and deals heavily with the supernatural
>>7368018
Thank you, I'll definitely grab a copy.
Salem's lot
At the mountains of madness
Can anyone recommend a couple good WWII books to me? Preferably either what life was like in chaotic Germany or in the pov of a Nazi. or any other good ones.
goodbye to berlin
wien, wien
also >>>/pol/
I've been making a panorama of South American literature. I could find some good stuff, mostly from Chile and Argentina. Why is it that Brazil being such a big country hasn't produced anything readable?
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chile and argentina is shit tier south america.
all the good stuff is either from central america or the caribbean coast.
idk try assis?
>>7367945
My definition of South America excludes both places you said.
Assis seems to be the only named classic writer they have, I read his two main books. Feels the same as other third world realism literature, too "inspired" on european realism standards.
>>7367930
There are no good writers out of europe and us cause they all belong to an inferior race. deal with it
Who's the best black writer?
Your father. Your life is one hell of a story.
>>7367869
i dont get it
>>7367828
Kentucky Fried Chicken
So besides this and Blood Meridian are there any other Westerns worth reading?
>>7367812
Place of dead roads
>>/his/
>>7367820
fuck off
Can anyone read russian?
>>7367773
Explain this bullshit then.
>>7367788
Heт
What's the verdict, /lit/? Does the genderswap work? Is it better than the original?
>>7367748
I don't care.
>>7367748
I think you got lost on the way to Reddit. What is this anyway, she switched all the characters genders or something?
she made fanfiction of her own shit
wow
how long can u go
>reading 1984, Brave New World, Lolita, Fahrenheit 911, Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Rings, or the Great Gatsby
>not having shitty reddit-tier taste
pick one
Stupid dfw poster
>meming
>>7367729
That's one dank meme f a m.
I never see this talked about here.
How is it?
Any good? Worth Reading?
That must be one of the worst covers I have ever seen.
It is good, I like Kundera, but I can see why people might think he is a hack. I think Immortality is his best book, but this is a nice start point.
>>7367621
bruh literally just had a thread on this yesterday
just read it, it's quick and easy and yet still manages to be engrossing and have multiple layers of depth and beauty
![Junot_wao_cover[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/X3l7O8a.jpg "Junot_wao_cover[1].jpg")
What do you think of my thesis statement?
In Junot Diaz’s novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Oscar’s ability to appreciate love is always growing, which makes him dismiss his past perception of love as a misinterpretation of his feelings.
My worry is that it's too simplistic, but then again I don't want to overcrowd my thesis with ideas.
I'm a senior in high school btw
I wrote mine on Brief Wondrous Life, too. BHSEC?
I don't know how much that thesis gives you to work with, desu. If it were me (again) I'd pick something closer to a comprehensive lense to view the book through than a simply true statement about the narrative.
I'd give examples but desu I skimmed the book and bullshit-ed my paper so I don't remember anything.
You aren't really arguing anything.
>>7367730
I revamped it
In Junot Diaz’s novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Oscar only realizes the true nature of love after he becomes disillusioned and forms a sense of self-awareness because love is about oneself as much as it is about the other person.
thoughts?
