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How hard is it actually to become a successful fantasy writer? Obviously not GRRM level but able to write a handful of fantasy books and have an actual fanbase that awaits each new book.
>>8052424
not OP but what about sci-fi? just started what I hope will become a sci-fi novel
>>8052424
not OP but what about erotica?
>>8052424
I think it's probably harder than you would think. There are so many shitty fantasy writers that just get swept under the rug every year, because you have to come up with something really original in order to truly succeed. You have to make a world at least with the originality of the likes of GRRM, or make really interesting characters, which is much easier said than done. /lit likes to shit on fantasy a lot, because the prose sucks ass and the literary quality is null, but there is something kind of difficult about actually making a really good story and world that not many people have a talent for. You can't just shit out a story about dwarves and elves in this day and age and expect to do well: you have to come up with something of your own to bring to the table.
>English
Does one even need skills to write in English?
Dumb frogposter
Cute anecdote: when Gertrude Stein sent her first book "Three Lives" (written in English) to publishers in Paris, an envoy from one of the publishing houses was surprised to find out she was an American and that English was her native tongue.
>>8052470
she writes like a retard so i'm not surprised. she was too influenced by shitty painters she collected and their paint like a retard motto/modernism trend.
How could a man like Watts, who had discovered such profound wisdom in the East, end up alcoholic again?
Drinking is dope
>>8052342
>how could a charlatan have a vice
>>8052342
Self medicating the repressed crippling anxiety that fueled his work
Come on, bruh. Be honest. It's just me, dawg.
You're really cool with posthumous recognition? I mean, really, bruh?
Like, let's say you're for sure going to be considered a genius, just not in your lifetime. Like, let's say you're for sure going to be considered a genius, but not discovered for another 100 years. Your grandkids won't even live to know you were a genius. Not a single soul currently alive on the Earth while you were alive will know you were a genius.
You're really cool with that, bruh?
Come on,...
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I'll know I'm a genius
when did i say i was
>implying
Thinking about setting aside enough funds so that I can ensure a decent sized statue of myself is built before I die. I'll put it on private land and allow it to become a library or some shit after death. I won't do it when I'm 30 of course, probably more like 80, or whatever my health dictates. Anyway, that's how I'll ensure I have some kind of relevance after death. Also, of course, I intend on doing getting myself frozen, a normal human lifespan isn't enough time to think about things.
Are there any pure-worldbuilding books out there of quality?
Any books that are basically non-fiction-style histories or commentaries of fictional worlds or timelines?
>>8052186
The Silmarillion
>>8052186
>The Bible
>>8052594
(you)
>"there are only two kinds of people in this world"
>>8052011
there's the inner self, and then there's everybody else outside if you
>>8052027
There's everyone and there's no one.
>>8052011
people who have read this post, and people who haven't.
thoughts? this writer isn't very well-liked but this seems like a good book so far.
>>8051900
is it a gay whore on the cover
what? who doesn't like Carson McCullers?
>>8052377
mainly my snooty lit professor who noticed i was reading this and said "i hate that author"
Is it okay if I choose not to follow this?
>>8051899
What, you think there's some book police that will find you and catch you if you dont follow some chart? Read what you want, dude.
>>8051899
No, it's not ok.
>>8051899
Sure, but if you start with Bleeding Edge or Inherent Vice and then come back asking what the fuss was all about with Pynchon, I'll tell on you.
>healthy young man with promise as an officer is seriously injured while trying to mount a horse
>the major suffering brought on by this injury and subsequent illnesses was what inspires him to delve deeper into philosophy and is a large part of what made him a powerful, original thinker
>at the end of it all, just days after finishing his autobiography he witnesses a horse being beaten by an Italian
>he goes into hysterics and wraps his arms around the horse,...
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>>8051827
>It's like poetry, it all rhymes.
is that you george lucas? can you stop them from making more star wars films?
>>8051827
>proud polish nobleman
where is his plunger
yeah but what brought him to eat all that fruit?
Recommend me good horror literature, /lit/. Currently reading Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk. What should I read after this?
Pic unrelated
Grimscribe by Thomas Ligotti
>>8051808
The White People by Arthur Machen.
>muh maga
la segunda mitad del libro no puede ser más aburrida. Yo querÃa seguir leyendo las pláticas entre los pseudo intelectuales del club y los monólogos de Oliveira borracho.
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>>8051771
>if it's in spanish it's mexican
retard, go back to /v/
i hate catholics especially spanish but ill bump this just because it's an actully thread and not a meme ad
have anyone read anything of Julius Evola? Is it any good?
can you guise recommend me some good books about facism?
>>8051732
bump
yes, i have seen the other thread but it was raided with poltards and not actual discussion
>>8051732
fuck this board
>>8051859
Fuck you
>gonna try and start reading fantasy and sci fi
>so many bullshit fake names/words
>all basically unpronounceable
what a mistake
It is almost like its fiction and they're making shit up.
Tolkien is the only one who did fake languages right.
I drop any other books that try to do it.
>>8051911
wow, nice snek gif. if only the resolution was higher.
>>8051921
I tend to agree with what this guy is saying though, he and OP have a point. Any of that fake language stuff is a real turn off and nuisance, more often than not. Personally, I think a lot of sci fi is real trash. Other than the classics, any other scifi book I have read sounds autistic as fuck, with really awkward writing and pacing, and stupid names galore. For example, I started reading Dune,...
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What is /lit/'s opinion on Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights"?
>>8051499
it's an absolute utter classic matey
>>8051499
It was written by a vagina human so it's poo poo.
>>8051544
Is shitposting allowed in this board?
>reality (truth) and perception (subjective experience) are not the same thing, and reality can never be found or experienced directly
>God doesn't exist
>man is (most probably) evil at heart
>ridding the world of evil is impossible
>much of what is worth knowing is essentially unknowable
Has philosophy ever given us any positive ideas? Every "revelation" seems to be cynical and detrimental to...
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>>8051467
>the health of society
>>8051467
>man is evil at heart
That's just like, your opinion man
>>8051479
>not wanting the best for your fellow man
Anon, you're a bad person.
