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Are these the greatest and most coherent characters of all time?
Probably
Unlikely
better not tell you now
I'm currently in the third one and it's been so hard for me to finish it. Does it get better? For those who have read them all which one is the best?
>>7988996
Why don't you drop it and start with the greeks?
>>7988996
The one you're reading is 2nd best. Dance with Dragons is my favorite. Swords is great too though.
Feast for Crows. The passage Septon Maribald or whatever says on war is the best writing he did in that series.
Anyone have any opinions on /aus alt-lit/ besides le shit?
>>7988925
Yeah
I didn't know Australia was capable of having an alternative anything.
I live in Melbourne and accidentally put in my resume at a homo-erotica bookshop.
Didn't get the job and haven't been back senpai. Who buys those books?
what's your opinion, op?
/Lit/ I'll be completely honest, I don't browse this board very much.
Recently, I finished my first novel ever, but I don't know where to go from here. Should I self publish? Or try and get it sent to a publisher?
Oh, and words of wisdom in publishing would be nice too.
>>7988781
Definitely try to find a publisher, self publishing sinks good things in a sea of online swill.
>>7988781
>Recently, I finished my first novel ever, but I don't know where to go from here.
TOP KEK
YOU HAVEN'T EVEN READ MORE THAN 1 NOVEL? READ ANOTHER ONE YOU AUTIST
Just finished Name of the Wind
The bad:
>Main character is teenage a cuck
>Nothing big really happens in the book
>Main character is some kind of superhero, way too smart compared any other characters in the book, always know the answer and always know what to do
>Some of the characters feel very dull, for example the main character's two best friends, i can't even remember their names and characteristics.
>The...
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>>7988722
Cool blog.
>>7988722
Next book is better. Expands. Also, you have to realize his story is character driven so it makes sense to center the worldbuilding around the character. It reads like Arabian Nights for a reason.
>>7988722
>Godtier writing
Lmao
There was a thread about this fatass earlier today about how his books are entirely self-insert wish fulfillment, featuring an immortal sex goddess who tells the protag that she doesn't believe he's a virgin because he's just SO GOOD AT SEX WOW. Shit is just so laughably stupid that I could never take the book seriously after that if I tried to read it.
Didn't that crazy autist say he was going to release the first chapter of his six part memoir today?
I set a reminder on my phone and everything...
so who's the autist in this situation again?
Is this pizza manuscript delivery guy?
>>7988573
btw we all know you're him trying to drum up interest, fuck off
What is a good thesis statement about Rabbit Angstrom?
writing tutor here,
answer these questions, and you should arrive at a thesis worth writing about:
What's the story about?
What was rabbit like when he was young?What's rabbit like in the story?
How do you think Rabbit's youth influenced his life?
Can you flesh that out into a complete sentence?
Well where's your proof? Do any of the characters say or do anything that would lead you to believe this?
Show me in the book why you believe this.
Great these can make up evidence for why your claim is valid.
Good luck, don't...
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Updike sux. Read Cheever.
"Rabbit Angstrom never developed into an emotional adult, and neither did John Updike"
Which is a good book about world's history in general?
Pic not related.
>>7988440
ulysses
>>7988440
It's way too general a subject to be doing the subject any justice, but people attempt it anyway.
Braudel's is pretty good, though I have some issues with it.
/lit/ has often said H.G.Wells The Outline of History is also good
>>7988440
There are no good books about world history in general, as to be a good book about history it would have to be a good history, and there are no good general histories.
I know this book is a meme here but I honestly love it
What are your 5 favorite passages?
Mine in no particular order:
Eschaton
The Wraith on figurants
The filmography
Gately on Cheers
Steeply & Marathe on MASH
>>7988436
Eschaton
Toenail
The part about anhedonia
MASH
Basically any scene involving JOI
Winter B.S. 1960 – Tucson AZ
>I’ve seen your long shadow grotesquely backlit
Wardine be cry.
1k+ pages and that was the only amusing bit.
I have to write a Walt Whitman themed poem, but me being the dipshit i am, i am completely lost on what to even start writing about. Can anyone make sense of this prompt? Im not asking to write a poem for me just to make sense of the prompt
it should be about sex
Where's the sticky/ copypasta/ faq for that tells stupid newfriends like me how to get better at writing /lit/erature? I already tried the wiki, it's only what to read, not how to write.
>>7988349
>thinking that a faq or a guide can actually help you get better at writing
OP, just start fucking writing. Then read it and weep because it's shit. Then read the works of the masters, and attempt to imitate them to make it less shit. Then read your work again and cry again because it's shit. Then read more, then cry more. Read, cry, read, cry, read, cry, read, cry, read...TRIUMPH
Post self-published books you've found that are actually decent. Recommendations welcome. Try to avoid accusations of self-plugging. Not everyone is advertising.
Pic related was a 7/10 read for me, mostly just because I can relate to it.
Fuck wrong image
Is this book a meme ?
Theyre good books, just pick up book 1 and start reading. They're as easy to read as murakami.
>"The resistance to starting a book by Houellebecq is too great. I’m not entirely sure where it comes from, though I do have a suspicion, because the same thing goes for the films of Lars von Trier: When “Antichrist” came out I couldn’t bring myself to see it, neither in the cinema nor at home on the DVD I eventually bought, which remains in its box unwatched. They’re simply too good. What prevents me from reading Houellebecq and watching von Trier is a kind of envy — not that I begrudge them success, but by reading the books and watching...
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>>7988327
He's being ironic, right?
How do you people edit you're writing? It's do damn difficult for me.
The fun of writing to me is the planning part and the actual writing part. The parts where you feel like you're really letting your creativity flow and you're expressing yourself.
But editing is like this nightmare of gruelingly scrutinizing every mistake in your writing. It feels tedious, and at worst, depressing.
How do you do it /lit/? Any tips?
Editing and bitching about writing general I guess.
>>7988260
your* FUCK
>>7988260
Reading your own work will always be emotionally draining. I've shown stuff to others that they unironically love that I'll never publish.
Write your draft by hand. Get a nice pen or a smooth pack of pencils. Rewrite while you're typing.
>>7988285
>write by hand, rewrite while typing
That's actually really smart, I'll try that next time
