>written in first person
>the book has profanity
>the book explicitly describes the sexual or scatological
>the book finds 'meaning in middle class mundanity'
>the book finds 'meaning in the shittiness of lower class shittiness'
>the book is written after the 1500s and its author is not a reactionary
>the book plays with 'the conventions of form' as its major theme
>the book is placed in the poetry section and is not metered rhyme
>the book is a Western transplant in some foreign country depicting the soulful struggle of its people in completely non-native tropes
>the book 'offers a critical re-examination of traditionally held perspectives'
>the book is 'transgressive' which 'transgression' is noted by the entire literary world praising it rather than finding it transgressive
>the book is written
We already have this thread up.
>You write the book in second-person present tense. You wonder why anyone would suffer through hundreds of pages of this bullshit.
>>7916977
>the book has dubs
>someone writes a fantasy book in first or second person
>>7916977
>Elitist in /Lit/ hate any writers that don't cater to their Pseudo-intellectuals minds
>>7917002
9 out of 10, Joyce BTFO
>Female main character and the author is male
>>7917002
9/10
>>7916977
>2016
>Still reading books
>>7917519
>Current year
>Still existing
>>7917116
I think of a le man and I take away all le accountability.
>>7917015
I couldn't imagine having a book telling me lies about myself life that.
"hey you, get ready. You and her are going to have a wild fucking ride, mate"
Who the fuck is her? Who the fuck are you?
Fuck this. I'm out. Garbage.
>>7917521
>Current year
>current
>>7917015
I wrote a small short story in second person, past tense. I re-read it recently and noticed it felt quite imperative, in a bad way.
>>7917612
every time I'm about to finish a page on my manuscript I write: "you will now turn the page" and then "resume reading" at the top of the fresh page. It drives my publishers crazy, and readers have recognised me in the street and sometimes come up to me and spit on me. This is the lit life.
>written in 3rd person
great
>written in 1st person
hmm ok
>switches between 1st and 3rd person between chapters
FUCKKKKKK
>>7917840
This can be done, but very carefully
Needless to say, jarring chapter divisions with no clear transitional phase is a bad way to go about it
>>7917840
>hating The Lime Twig
Stay pleb, bud.
>>7917840
It's triggering because it breaks the metanarrative.
>>7917545
'Reason and accountability'
>2016
>still greentexting what year it is
>>7917840
I'm completely indifferent to this one.
>>7918083
as if le man has le reason
That's the actual quote you misquoted.
>>7917116
>Author is male
>Main character is female, but written so unfeminine that she seems just like a man anyway
>the book is written in fourth person
what's wrong with books written in first person?
The Waves is written in first person (of several people, but still).
La recherche du temps perdu is written in first person.
Fuck off you pretentious incompetent faggot.
>the plot involves virtual reality or a video game
>>7916977
>he hates books written in first person
>>7916977
>the editor has been cowed by the author's reputation, and the book is unreadable, bloated garbage
>>7917002
Absolutely amazing. 10/10.
If we went by these rules, forced public school picks of books would change overnight
great. we've got preferences.
now back to not being given a fuck about.
>>7917834
fuckin saved lmao
>>7917564
> current year
> year
> using casual units of time
>omniscient narration
Why is this still acceptable
GUYS can SOMEONE post me and link me the scene that Game of Thrones writer Martin has written, the copypasta about the Bowel movements / shitting. Please.
>>7916977
>mfw I read a scientific report written in first person
>>7920006
>>7918413
>calls me pretentious
>proceeds to use the french title of book on an english speaking forum
kek
>>7916977
>>7917009
>>7918659
ayy lmao
>>7920588
you're the retard who calls the book by the title of the english translation
>>7920006
>>7920794
Not that anon, but would you refer to the titles of Homer's works in Ancient Greek or in translation?
He's right; you were on some sophomoric pretentious bullshit and you got sprung.
>>7920832
oooooh zing motherfucker
>>7920832
Shouldn't you be in that other thread defending "OMG Shakespeare!" ?
>>7920846
Shouldn't you make it less obvious that I just rekt you?
>>7916977
>present tense first person
>narrator is fifteen
>narrator is girl
The worse has no limit, but if it did....
>>7917116
yeah. fuck men for thinking they can even BEGIN to understand the female experience, right?! #KillAllMen
>>7917015
Look up A Small Place
>book doesn't have "grass" in the title
