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Anybody got a good 2 sentence horror story to share
They always did such things on summer nights. And, unfortunately, they always will.
>>7818022
I hear my mother's voice scream for help downstairs, as I rush to her aid I am pulled into a closet in the hallway. "Don't go into the kitchen, I heard it too" my mother says as she holds me.
>>7818022
He decided to sleep with the lights on, so he'd be prepared if it came back.
When he awoke, they were off.
>be me
>read a lot
>English is not my first language, but I am pretty good at it
>living in the UK for several years now
>in the last 5 years I am only reading in English
>lvl 2 english reading test comes up
>fail
>identity crisis
>I am not sure if I am retarded or not
>Planned...
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>>7840157
Did you subvocalize?
>>7840157
faust in english<
why
Does anybody else nood and feel a divine sensation of harmony while reading Witty?
Yes
There is among all his works not a single line of Wittgenstein that I have read without nooding
what to say?... i only regret i cant read his nachlass. id learn german only to do it.
Philosophical Investigations uprooted my belief systems and ruined my life.
dear /lit/ -
how does one combat nihilism
in a society w/o any proper values?
Love,
annie f.
Don't worry, you'll find out when you're 17.
>>7838725
Made me kek a bit
>>7838714
start with the greeks
From the time I've spent here I've come to understand that many anons don't seem to truly understand a single thing about the topic resulting in many uninformed posts. It is for this reason I have taken it upon myself to start a video series for the purpose of educating wayward anons.
I'm open to any criticism and simply want more quality discussion on this board.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpF5bZMB43E
>>7837875
Your room looks edgy.
>>7837875
Read Hegel, and we are not your personal army, cuckboi.
is philosophy the most meaningless science?
When did imageboards dwellers begin to realize that greentext holds a literary value ? What specific greentext story will get pinpointed as the fiest literary greentext ?
>mydiarytbhfam
Probably that IT one where anon works as an IT installing one program over and over to the gratitude of his coworkers.
greentexts are fun to write
>be 16
>go to Blockbuster Video Rentals with gf
>going through isles looking for movies
>co-boyfriend brings Terminator 2 up to gf saying it's a really good movie
>she says she didn't like it when she saw it last
>co-boyfriend...
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>>7836335
Difficult to say. Greentext stories go back to way before 4chan had a consistent archival system. I'm not sure, but I think greentext as a medium even precedes 4chan.
Why do people say this is like a book but just in a form of a TV show?
Or that it's so complex it rivals so many books from the western canon and shit.
I just watched the first two season and it was boring as fuck. Don't see what's so complex about it or why it deserves to be called a novel in TV form or some shit...?
It's not complex at all but it's one hundred times better than most other tv-shows so plebs hail it as a masterpiece.
The reality is of course that it can't compete with high quality films or literature.
>>7831827
the large ensemble cast with new characters every season (and the show charactarises and develops these characters despite the sheer amount of them), the way it plays like a realist novel, the tragic deaths which characters bring on themselves, the way theres no good vs bad guys, theres good and bad guys on both sides, the wide array of social topics it covers, every character is in some way fucked, either by the police buerocracy, or by the completely ruthless streets of baltimore. later seasons also cover politics,...
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>>7831827
They're idiots who don't read but want to pretend they do.
It's good and definitely one of the smarter shows out there, a little something for the intellectual crowd. But anyone who compares it to a book is some moron who doesn't understand why it's so good to begin with.
I like FLCL too!
FLCL just really works for me on the level of allegory. It has a kind of imagistic density
>>7840354
>a novel of suspense
Is this necessary
He was good at keeping up tension and coming up with interesting settings.
But for the love of God,he can't write a fucking ending.
>>7840291
Stephen King is truly the H.P. Lovecraft of our time
>>7840291
Don't forget racism he was good at that too. Really top notch desu.
>>7840291
Much the same could be said for Stephen King
I think there's something about horror that calls for having cool set-ups that go crazy but that's incompatible with good (non-cheap etc.) endings.
Has anyone else signed up for James Patterson's Masterclass or entered the competition to be his co-author?
The two week wait until the ten semifinalists are announced is going to drive me fucking crazy.
>>7840212
Fuck James Patterson there I said it gah that feels good to get off my chest
>>7840212
doesnt he spit out potboilers every motnth or so? why would you waist money on this guy, anon?
>>7840212
why the fuck...?
What books from the bible are required reading? can someone from /lit/ give me a list of the ones worth reading from a literary perspective?
inb4 read all of them
>>7840193
read all of them
>>7840194
>read
cry
What's with /lit/'s enthusiasm for the Bible? It's really not that good.
Hey /lit/, I’m trying to get in the habit of writing everyday to eventually improve my writing skills, but I’m having trouble with thinking of things to write about. Does anyone have some suggestions? What do you guys usually write about? I’d rather not write about my day or something like that because my days are usually pretty uneventful.
Also, when you’re writing just little things everyday to improve your writing, how do you write? I mean stylistically speaking?
Sorry if this doesn’t make much sense, I’m just trying to get myself to write more but I’m...
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If you can't think of anything to write about, why do fuck do you even want to write?
>>7839896
You just wrote something. Congrats.
>>7839896
here are some stories that i am making up as i go along
> an old, sad, alcoholic door to door salesman teaches some girlscouts about sale tactics
> two girls accidentally try to rob their former high school teacher. he recognises their voices
>a trucker gives a a hitchhiker, who has waited for a ride for 2 hours in the desert, 2 minutes to explain why he should get a free ride
>two virgins...
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>mfw I'm a voracious reader
>>7839871
>tfw I don't read
>mfw i slowly digest books
i find that this helps my body pick up the nutrition from the starch in the paper
... you think so?
Is April Fools /lit/?
>>7839823
>Pinchas
>Song parodies
So we all agree this is Pynchon, right?
>>7839938
>he's not aware that every author is actually Pynchon
>>7839823
In terms of April celebrations and commemorations, April Fools' Day is eclipsed (in the US and other countries as applicable) by Arbor Day. During Puritan times, Arbor Day was a rather somber affair bearing little resemblance, beyond the dendroidal namesake, to today's observance. The emphasis back then was firmly on the sylvan sacrifice that made much of education and discretionary reading possible. Subsequently, a shift toward celebration of pulpy life took place as symbolized chiefly by the practice of replanting.
Just finished reading pic related, and I absolutely loved it.
What are some similar books to Siddhartha; focusing on themes of lifelong journeys, and the quest for a ziel of life?
The Magic Mountain is good for that. Most bildungsroman is similar.
the razors edge by Somerset maugham
>>7839759
check out the alchemist
