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>Can't commit to writing a novel so you write short stories instead
>Fantastic idea for a story is too long to be anything but a novel
Who else is like this?
>>7790929
Huh? Just write it a bit at a time. Or man up and commit to it. I dont understand your struggle.
>>7790929
Novels tend to be overly-bloated creatures, usually coming into existence because the author couldn't learn to condense their prose, adding extraneous filler.
Borges never wrote a novel. He condensed that shit. Fuck novels.
Pick one motherfucker, either pare the idea down so it's a suitable short story length or just write the fucking novel. Quit being a milquetoast inbetween faggot.
Where do you guys buy your books? Also are you fine with buying used copies?
>>7790887
Used on Amazon
>>7790890
^ this. literally can get books $4 total after shipping.
>>7790887
If you're in an urban/suburban area, do some research and find local bookstores to visit. Having a store with a nice atmosphere and friendly people is amazing.
what are good books to help me deal with my height insecurity
>tfw 5'10
>some day feel OK and average
>some days feel like a gnome in a sea of giants and want to kill myself
confessions of a mask
>>7790762
Marcus Aurelius - Meditations
Basically you shouldn't give a shit how tall you are like what kind of thing is that even to be insecure about
you should be insecure about how dumb you are because you can control that
>>7790762
lol are you really insecure about having average height? save us the trouble and kill yourself now.
What should I read next? I'm currently finishing up Hard Boiled Wonderland and The End of the World.
>>7790750
You read them in chronological order as you would read any batch of books.
>>7790750
Infinite Jest obviously
Whats with people enjoying being told what to do?
Save your time and flip a coin
What do you think about this book?
masterpiece
I have never read it
It certainly has pages.
What are some poetry books/short stories I can read while on LSD?
As a lover of lit and a lover of acid, I honestly don't think they go well together. Tripping really demands something more participatory to do.
>>7790624
The Room, by Hubert Selby
Guts, by Pahlaniuk
Good Old Neon, Incarnations of Burned Children and The Soul is Not a Smithy by DFW
Story of the Eye
Hogg
>Call me Ishmael
Why is it considered to be the best opening line of a book ever?
What makes a good opening line?
Also, can you recommend books which are similar to Moby Dick?
tells ya everything you need to know about the narrator
his name is Ishmael and he's modest about it, bada bing bada boom we're done here
>>7790554
it establishes that the narrator is giving you a fake name and you have to wonder what if anything he tells you is true
it adds an ambiguous spice to the flavor of the fare
>>7790554
Try books by Cormac McCarthy, Ernest Hemingway, or the KJV
This girl I like asked me to recommend her some books. I don't think she will like my tastes, since I really like war memoirs and stuff like that. She's a typical sad girlz teen who wears flowery shit. Give me some good angsty or coming-of-age books or whatever a teenager will like.
no Catcher in the Rye pls
Hamlet
>>7790470
Oh, and À la Recherche du Temps Perdu.
Demian
A while ago I read on here that the best way for an unknown author whose works are neither published nor containing the generic formulas likely to ensure publication to proceed is to create an army of short stories. I remember reading that with such an army, the unknown author has a better chance of having his larger works published if the smaller ones are accepted into journals or magazines.
More for the pleasure and satisfaction found in creating short stories than to adhere to the advice, I wrote a number of them over the last few months and have just finished editing...
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Take amphetamines constantly like every short story writer worth his salt
>>7790404
They're not so easy to find when you're no longer on a college campus brother; I'm ashamed to ask high schoolers.
>>7790534
Look into getting a prescription for adderall. Combine that shit with some high sativa wax and you'll be floating in the air crackling with electricity. You'll get the emails and 3 and half more short stories done before the night is over
Is there anything to the concept of authenticity? So many philosophers and psychologically driven writers: Heidegger, Maslow, Rogers and on and on see it as the end-game in terms of what to do about the fact you've been given/forced into having a life.
Yet, I don't think I've ever met anyone who seems to take the challenge of it up while I know so many vaguely wish to do so.
Have any of you tried, do any of you live it
Everything is authentic.
History always repeats it self. Nothing is new desu, just retold in a different way.
>>7790303
everything is just energy undergoing a state of transition.
How do I expand my vocabulary?
READ!
read more
learn languagesstart with greek
don't go to public schools
Theorem: You can expand your vocabulary if and only if you expose yourself to new words.
Proof: Suppose it is false that you can expand your vocabulary if and only if you expose yourself to new words. Then, you can expand your vocabulary by not exposing yourself to new words, and conversely, you can expose yourself to new words without expanding your vocabulary. But words do not generate themselves ex nihilo in your mind. This is a contradiction. Thus, we have proved our theorem. QED.
What, in your humble opinion, is the most underrated of Shakespeare's plays?
O T H E L L O
othello
Antony and Cleopatra
How does /lit/ feel about Fiorenza's theory of Kyriarchy? It's the source of the whole modern use of the term "privilege", and was argued using Vatican II theology.
>Kyriarchy, pronounced /ˈkaJriɑːrki/, is a social system or set of connecting social systems built around domination, oppression, and submission. The word was coined by Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza in 1992 to describe her theory of interconnected, interacting, and self-extending systems of domination and submission, in which a single individual might be oppressed...
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well it really means "lord" or "master" which ties into the whole domination/power angle, guy
>>7789979
Despicable and she should be excommunicated.
>>7789979
>Vatican II
For what purpose?
1. The Brothers Karamazov
2. In Search of Lost Time
3. War and Peace
4. Ulysses
5. Anna Karenina
6. Crime and Punishment
7. Moby Dick
8. Paradise Lost
9. Great Expectations
10. Middlemarch
Do we all agree?
>>7789928
No. What a completely stupid ranking.
>>7789934
Well provide yours then
>>7789928
>le anglophone + meme russians top 10
Hey /lit/. I picked up pic related on a whim earlier today and started to read it and I was really enjoying myself. I was just wondering as to the level of difficulty in the book. If it remains roughly the same as the beginning I could see myself diving in right now but I didn't want to jump in without feeling ready for it. I haven't read any of the material that is commonly referenced in the book so its hard for me to know if I would get so much out of it by attempting to read it now. However I do have the oxford world classics version which explains much of these...
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just keep reading you can just use the notes
the "difficulty" ramps up SIGNIFICANTLY in chapter 3, drops back down again, and then ramps up towards the end of the book/with certain chapters
reading stuff like divine comedy, dubliners, portrait, hamlet, etc. is useful but i mean if you're already into it just soldier on. you can (and should) reread later anyway, when you have a better grasp of the influences/canon.
I should also mention that something about this book down right terrifies me.
>>7789686
Keep reading. If you get stuck you can always pick it up again later.
Difficulty varies from chapter to chapter, biggest hurdle for a first time reader to get over is chapter 3 (Proteus).
