What if we helped each other get published?
how would we do that?
>>7333537
someone on /lit/ is doing just that. there's a 50 dollar prize on it to boot.
>>7333549
sounds like a scam lmao
As Slavoj Žižek puts it, "desire's raison d'être is not to realize its goal, to find full satisfaction, but to reproduce itself as desire." What did he mean by this?
probably some pretentious obscurantist way of talking about the will-to-power without actually saying it
>>7333381
The function of desire is to direct the subject into action, this action has no endpoint, if desire could ever truly be fulfilled it would be the utter logical collapse of the ego when further action is no longer required. Desire therefore is not aimed at completion but presupposes further desire before even the current object is even obtained.
Therefore a desire only reproduces itself as desire.
>>7333413
Not even close
>will to power not incredibly pretenious and obscuritant
How do I get started writing fiction? I've read a lot of non-fiction / philosophy and lately I've been enjoying novels by Camus, Sartre and Dostoevsky; ideally I'd like to weave in some existentialist themes.
I've had some very embarrassing experiences growing up that completely put me off writing - one time, a teacher even mocked my story in front of the class. I've always wanted to write but these experiences give me a lot of anxiety even though I'm 28 now.
In addition, I'm pretty much a turbo autist and really struggle with basic social interaction. I'm not sure that I can write convincing dialogue, when I can barely have a normal conversation with most people.
All that said, are there any books / guides you would recommend? Thanks.
Please help /lit/
Maybe some Kierkegaard? I don't really know. Sorry opie.
>>7333363
Seriously, read some good fiction. A couple of very, very good novels or short story collections will instantly give you a better understanding on how to write. As someone who studies creative writing, I can tell you you can practice every day and all that shit they tell you about getting better. But really, the most I've ever learned has been from reading great literature. When you read someone like Dostoyevsky or Carver or Pynchon, really really carefully, and you understand just exactly what they are doing and how and why they are doing it, the next time you pick up a pen and a piece of paper I guarantee you WILL immediately be a better writer than you were before you read that.
Can anyone tell me about this?
Yeah Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari could probably tell you a lot.
Michel Foucualt has you cover. They even included his preface in that book.
>>7333323
>being crazy is great because it makes you free from capitalism or something like that
/30minutewrite/
alright, so I see a lot of threads about how to begin writing regularly and consistently (there have been 5 - 6 threads in the past few days?) so I thought I would share something that works for me and will probably work for you if you're struggling
just write for 30 minutes a day
set a timer for 30 minutes, and just be in front of your word processor/piece of paper for that time
no distractions, nothing else
some days, I won't write anything in those 30 minutes
but sitting there every day builds a schedule, and soon you can write regularly
I'm going to do 30 minutes of writing now
well 30 minutes is up:
I picked up a short story I had previously put on the backburner and wrote 400 words
^______^
I need to finish a short story I'm working on by mid-December so I can use it as my writing sample to apply to grad school.
I've given up masturbating until it's done.
It's only day three.
I suspect by late-November I'll be losing my mind and the story will somehow become erotica without me noticing.
>>7333302
This is really fucking good. Even I can commit to 30 minutes. Great advice OP.
Thoughts on this book?
Rasism be bad.
excellent
I loved the part about the lily or whatever flower it is.
How does an illiterate loser like me become an author?
Man decides to be a movie star before he decides what local play to audition.
Man decides to be author before he decides what kind of books he likes.
etc.
Write a book about kids with superpowers
>>7333278
Do a lot of stupid crazy shit with low-lifes and then write about how some 43yo skank threw up on your dick while deepthroating it. Go full Bukowski.
Paul Auster thread. I rarely see a Paul Auster thread around here.
Have you read any of his works? what are your favourites?
Just City of Glass, for a class freshman year. It was fun but I didn't get around to reading the rest of the trilogy. I just googled him the other day and apparently there's a published correspondence between him and Coetzee
I enjoyed the New York trilogy and The Music of Chance. I didn't care for In the Country of Last Things.
>>7333256
I've only read The Brooklyn Follies.
That's the book that made me check reviews before even opening one. It was the worst shit I've ever read.
Fuck that guy.
I have to learn a 2nd language for my English Degree. I mostly just want to use it for conversation, but reading books in that language wouldn't be bad either.
I'm planning to go all the way with a Ph.D., so what countries esteem Academia enough that it is worthwhile to learn their language? I'm currently thinking of German.
>>7333183
>have to learn
No... you don't... you just need to pass the tests.
German. Always German.
>>7333183
German would be useful
Why not something more remarkable and uncommon? Arabic, Russian, Mandarine... I think one of those would be worthwhile to learn.
>He knew about pussies, had glimpsed more than a few on HBO and CinemaSpank (before his folks got wise and blocked the premium cable channels), but these were shaved pussies. Pete wasn't sure what the big deal was- to him they looked sort of oogy- but he supposed he might get with the program when he was older. Besides, the bare titties made up for it. Bare titties were fuckin awesome.
I like most of King's books. He's a fantastic storyteller. But holy shit, every once and a while he spews out some vomit like this onto the page. It almost makes me want to stop reading. This shit is just painful to look at. What's King's problem? It's like he can't help himself. Does he think kids actually talk and think like this? Shit is so cheesy and stilted.
Bare titties are awesome though. What are you a faggot?
>>7333144
shaved pussies and bare titties are great
Every metaphor King makes makes me feel embarrassed for him. I'd rather read the result of him throwing his keyboard at a wall.
lets make a single thread for our recent purchases :)!
>>7333126
>no Goosebumps
Ultimate pleb.What's the book on top of the Bible?
>>7333126
So when are you going to start reading them? :^)
>>7333126
>unironically exchanging real money for books
For whatever reason I like this genre.
I've read Tom Wolfe's A Man in Full.
A man in full is dope
>>7333110
Discipline and Punish
Panzram
Did the empire ever ended?
>>7333089
it just turned into the catholik church
>>7333089
YOU MEAN "END", NOT "ENDED"; LEARN BASIC GRAMMAR.
If we wanted writed anything we shoulded wrote it anyway. Grammer is for losers, I mean loosers
We can all agree that this is the Bard's best play right?
....right?
midsummer's night dream doesn't rely oneveryone diesfor complexity.
>>7333079
Neither does hamlet. What's your point?
>>7333076
Oh all his plays this is the one that sticks the most with me. The themes of death, decay, and the ghost just interest me
What does /lit/ think of Robert M. Pirsig?
I would also like to know.
I enjoyed his novels but I don't think his philosophy is anything special.
His writing is shit his books are shit and if you disagree fight me
